tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295759222024-03-23T13:20:13.312-05:00Artist, EmergingOne artist's struggles and triumphs in starting an art career. Sharing resources and ideas...Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302872722375370724noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29575922.post-16296000247656367442014-11-09T19:59:00.001-06:002014-11-09T19:59:18.001-06:00Creative inspiration from Amy PoehlerI recently read Amy Poehler's book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Yes-Please-Amy-Poehler/dp/0062268341/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415584061&sr=1-1&keywords=yes+please" target="_blank">Yes Please</a>. It was great - funny and moving in all the right ways. <div>
<br /></div>
<div>
She wrote a little about creativity and being an artist. <div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Here are a couple of things that I jotted down to refer to later:</div>
<div>
<br /><div>
"You have to care about your work but not about the result. You have to care about how good you are and how good you feel but not about how good people think you are."</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
"Most people I know struggle with that complicated soup of feeling slighted on one hand and like a total fraud on the other."</div>
</div>
</div>
Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302872722375370724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29575922.post-6867781077866114512013-10-28T11:34:00.000-05:002013-10-28T11:34:00.146-05:00Interview with Jessica HischeNice video of designer Jessica Hische:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/pJCia1DcsSw?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>
<br />
I love her work, especially <a href="http://jessicahische.is/readingatonofbooks">the Drop Caps series for Penguin Books. I really want the A!</a>Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302872722375370724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29575922.post-20975131780622640182013-10-27T20:26:00.000-05:002013-10-27T20:31:15.876-05:00Oh, hello there.I can't believe it's been over 3 years since I last posted.<br />
<br />
I was just telling someone today that I had been neglecting my blog, so I decided to go ahead and just start posting some things again.<br />
<br />
I like to show this video to students. It's Ira Glass from This American Life. He's talking specifically about radio production, but I think it applies to all creative endeavors:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/BI23U7U2aUY?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>
<br />
And here's a nice, concise kinetic type version of the pertinent advice:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/3ResTHKVxf4?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>
<br />
You should watch the whole interview. It's good.Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302872722375370724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29575922.post-71747421425336837492010-10-12T14:04:00.006-05:002010-10-12T14:22:29.926-05:00Checking In - Well, Whining, Really...Is anybody still out there? I've been so sporadic with this blog for a long time. Unmotivated. Uninspired.<div><br /></div><div>Just thought I'd post something - anything - to get the wheels turning.</div><div><br /></div><div>I guess I feel like I'm in a stagnant phase right now. My artwork is progressing and I'm happy with what I've been doing lately. I'm getting some shows here and there, some sales, etc. All as a result of a lot of hard work from the past few years. But it's not enough to support me. I know that I need to do another push and keep working, but for some reason I'm blocked. Or lazy. Or scared.</div><div><br /></div><div>So maybe it's just the economy and it'll pick up soon.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5UamAppCsjyWwZQDoud3ca3K9-oCf2C3LTwqU4-_gHO880S_BsZOCu4Vn0LIJdDueo3p2OxLm_tDded7Bqb6Nahdq4wPOJPaMkwCUI9Uw86lbYPMm4n2TklR7RCybyqqD4uRb/s1600/090110+023.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5UamAppCsjyWwZQDoud3ca3K9-oCf2C3LTwqU4-_gHO880S_BsZOCu4Vn0LIJdDueo3p2OxLm_tDded7Bqb6Nahdq4wPOJPaMkwCUI9Uw86lbYPMm4n2TklR7RCybyqqD4uRb/s320/090110+023.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527240027142431794" /></a><div>On a positive note, I have work in the lobby of the Murchison Performance Hall on the campus of the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. If you're in the Denton area and would like to see it, check the <a href="http://music.unt.edu/calendar/">schedule</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXLWA8adeOJEWOuKjqN4Z7PG-dDV1Q8GO03zzyPvZY0we3TfK4GLI-qOD9MUM7h_9eWOqMf5jp1UQShZvRc8yvun6zz5ztVHqY9iDd2xacE2eg5F39YIx8kN21QrVQ2yz8cED/s1600/waxybuildupimage.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 159px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXLWA8adeOJEWOuKjqN4Z7PG-dDV1Q8GO03zzyPvZY0we3TfK4GLI-qOD9MUM7h_9eWOqMf5jp1UQShZvRc8yvun6zz5ztVHqY9iDd2xacE2eg5F39YIx8kN21QrVQ2yz8cED/s320/waxybuildupimage.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527241350493923234" /></a>And Waxy Buildup, the exhibit I collaborated on with <a href="http://www.traycclaybrook.com/">Trayc Claybrook</a>, will be on exhibit at <a href="http://gallery-one.org/index.html">Gallery One</a> in Ellensburg, Washington in January of 2011.</div><div><br /></div><div>So there are some things going on and I have things to look forward to.</div><div><br /></div><div>My next major goal is to get my work into a gallery in Dallas and at least one other major city in the US next year.</div><div><br /></div><div>OK, it's out there, so now I have to do it.</div>Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302872722375370724noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29575922.post-41599014234980271992010-07-28T11:14:00.006-05:002010-07-28T11:28:33.044-05:00Funny Rejection LetterI hate to focus on rejection, but unfortunately it's just part of the process of being an exhibiting artist.<div>Here's a great example of a rejection letter that uses humor, from the wonderful <a href="http://www.lettersofnote.com/">Letters of Note</a> blog:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxr7vAAJIGsGC6vQbF2SxrF0evjz9QGHD3-kSWLN4vUcBuKaCq1W97wXkJ7eROzd0syrMUC1eOegk-eh4AsxtgYIshSlIHvIQcgbrs4LbSpYDaFaEXEhcM0sqm_qcbtGSkRkl/s1600/4837426245_7cdfdfdac0_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxr7vAAJIGsGC6vQbF2SxrF0evjz9QGHD3-kSWLN4vUcBuKaCq1W97wXkJ7eROzd0syrMUC1eOegk-eh4AsxtgYIshSlIHvIQcgbrs4LbSpYDaFaEXEhcM0sqm_qcbtGSkRkl/s320/4837426245_7cdfdfdac0_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498992132864018226" /></a>Click to see a bigger version. You can read the transcript on <a href="http://www.lettersofnote.com/2010/07/mad-rejection.html">Letters of Note</a>.</div>Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302872722375370724noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29575922.post-77051931323848398412010-06-16T12:36:00.044-05:002012-02-12T10:59:53.748-06:00Encaustic Conference - Best Foot Forward part 1<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKOixRC7o6Sa0bki5orUU69I-rnDI9iQUQeMuW23RorG3nnJzgwlvglwZQacaYWno1MDmeamZsVirqLEMj0n8AzALxoBsTFhQZOD1a6-bMkluk9aXDbFrpD8wua-iMooRSzcki/s1600/061310+041.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: left;">This year at the conference, the conferees were invited to bring one piece that measured 12" x 12" or less to hang in the hallway gallery. The Montserrat staff spent a long time applying tape to the wall to form a grid for the pieces to hang within.</div><div><div>I got there early, when there were only a few pieces installed, so it was fun to see the wall fill up with artwork. There were also a few 3-dimensional pieces that sat on pedestals in front of the wall.</div><div>Here are some photos of the hallway in various stages of the installation:</div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCPGUr-SXbSlN8izyNuq0aF1DvKWmy4-EfH7lVMmNSqGxGSo3SSJvaoKrUCbA_b-Z9eq5WygROVgzntc-lzuidQmC5GGRjGfoGwcMoNmBZJZ508-3EVjrO5VJ_-yA5wkmmzNI5/s320/061110+053.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483435827727288770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCPGUr-SXbSlN8izyNuq0aF1DvKWmy4-EfH7lVMmNSqGxGSo3SSJvaoKrUCbA_b-Z9eq5WygROVgzntc-lzuidQmC5GGRjGfoGwcMoNmBZJZ508-3EVjrO5VJ_-yA5wkmmzNI5/s1600/061110+053.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-iLswv6eSMgWYDzewCuOSooC_JKNc_cowAhdX4Q9F1HNOHB5qbfswrAJ1oCYJxVydJ3TOgMEE4fHbCh5BKJ6TWj1CeWDIYew1qeycq8PTuyl8LcTEcQWRCH6ZZxs2sTLQkv_/s1600/061110+051.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-iLswv6eSMgWYDzewCuOSooC_JKNc_cowAhdX4Q9F1HNOHB5qbfswrAJ1oCYJxVydJ3TOgMEE4fHbCh5BKJ6TWj1CeWDIYew1qeycq8PTuyl8LcTEcQWRCH6ZZxs2sTLQkv_/s320/061110+051.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483435825253892882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQNr3DAwkV7sM9bDzKqo1LgpzNVZe7IfvgveE3JlElnp4C8IzHY7bVF6i4rcfOtqEI_yPSyHei3XjvT0VLSmITlRPpwhNxR1k4EC0-tWsqdB8O1V6NiCsv3ZR4mTBVu-NSJXC7/s1600/061110+052.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQNr3DAwkV7sM9bDzKqo1LgpzNVZe7IfvgveE3JlElnp4C8IzHY7bVF6i4rcfOtqEI_yPSyHei3XjvT0VLSmITlRPpwhNxR1k4EC0-tWsqdB8O1V6NiCsv3ZR4mTBVu-NSJXC7/s320/061110+052.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483435819206657106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ8fVsXse4J8Y59HVrEaYshNjYacvS1BCxchNnev9ssdQhLcTRzcEUQlhrA1aotjvkVUGRn0RtIKCjJc4yhyGCiZgutjhzwjJb9pgolYpqsFjvwDq6IWFzL3Gr8CyYsJ2Z2Jbv/s1600/061110+056.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ8fVsXse4J8Y59HVrEaYshNjYacvS1BCxchNnev9ssdQhLcTRzcEUQlhrA1aotjvkVUGRn0RtIKCjJc4yhyGCiZgutjhzwjJb9pgolYpqsFjvwDq6IWFzL3Gr8CyYsJ2Z2Jbv/s320/061110+056.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483435818049542834" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6HpVS0hG2qods1oM_B06Kb6PZuVSj5bsdlQlat-mkO9f3gas0XOt8NG68VylNmNVfdyWBwfaz8XCxacCmG429UuOjHX5doi-Eh-RmXorwyT3WfUo7B1IEyWGmsxdVhEN6E5fx/s1600/061110+067.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6HpVS0hG2qods1oM_B06Kb6PZuVSj5bsdlQlat-mkO9f3gas0XOt8NG68VylNmNVfdyWBwfaz8XCxacCmG429UuOjHX5doi-Eh-RmXorwyT3WfUo7B1IEyWGmsxdVhEN6E5fx/s320/061110+067.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483436953518718914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBoNHt4sjLdLuhwur-aZ90oSXLCbgVXkG7GASbBrWnPJBEEzgbCEWQT8MDwhjV50IFbr0HiBiwVc9ddh-FKVZKd_GZDEEX3PcGs28QjlQ2jhy50WVTJZN_8Lpp2GmaEXvIScSU/s1600/061110+066.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBoNHt4sjLdLuhwur-aZ90oSXLCbgVXkG7GASbBrWnPJBEEzgbCEWQT8MDwhjV50IFbr0HiBiwVc9ddh-FKVZKd_GZDEEX3PcGs28QjlQ2jhy50WVTJZN_8Lpp2GmaEXvIScSU/s320/061110+066.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483436952023418098" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBoNHt4sjLdLuhwur-aZ90oSXLCbgVXkG7GASbBrWnPJBEEzgbCEWQT8MDwhjV50IFbr0HiBiwVc9ddh-FKVZKd_GZDEEX3PcGs28QjlQ2jhy50WVTJZN_8Lpp2GmaEXvIScSU/s1600/061110+066.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5q7FP8Vbdx3oAlxz8jL304dttbMr6M3mMjnGWTmfVW1HQvtGhwg7tyvLzqit1T8P-9PkhfWHfnzqrQL6N3shyphenhyphene0upjxkD2HIOAg6ftL6WJyaycw3J2eKu4QogfMnPi2ovgqc1/s1600/061110+057.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5q7FP8Vbdx3oAlxz8jL304dttbMr6M3mMjnGWTmfVW1HQvtGhwg7tyvLzqit1T8P-9PkhfWHfnzqrQL6N3shyphenhyphene0upjxkD2HIOAg6ftL6WJyaycw3J2eKu4QogfMnPi2ovgqc1/s320/061110+057.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483435811995274402" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnlbWwA2lx6Euh5NAvPd1B5UBPfxxP7d7pzjOsUGq4jxS73-cFJQrcle3Ijc6Ou4iN_V6VhD9KyUwc55DM6YORhZEfpsWxT2zv4XT25_eH5wXpPxKLNnamvDeAldRnV1-ZcVTR/s1600/061110+052.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnlbWwA2lx6Euh5NAvPd1B5UBPfxxP7d7pzjOsUGq4jxS73-cFJQrcle3Ijc6Ou4iN_V6VhD9KyUwc55DM6YORhZEfpsWxT2zv4XT25_eH5wXpPxKLNnamvDeAldRnV1-ZcVTR/s320/061110+052.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483434894550512946" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiARMuAIh75MAeBIyKuLfL5mIK7Z00HTuD6LaDRSZhwgeVjTYHDlAx4VYpvHQ1vSGXJw3Xd33OfUVbIHORJhUNjKGwbRLlbUHvdZjw9M9y9dIuergi0wipxh9S-XzHB6LarcYA8/s1600/061110+128.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiARMuAIh75MAeBIyKuLfL5mIK7Z00HTuD6LaDRSZhwgeVjTYHDlAx4VYpvHQ1vSGXJw3Xd33OfUVbIHORJhUNjKGwbRLlbUHvdZjw9M9y9dIuergi0wipxh9S-XzHB6LarcYA8/s320/061110+128.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483434889857309074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">During the opening reception</div><div>Here are some shots of some of the pieces that I liked. I don't remember a lot of the artist information, but I included it where I knew it or could read the tag in the photo:</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOAn5S2fQg4XcotzlBuEX73ZD6tYHNEC9YL1LlcBAirtXSWNmMN7JRMg-7HMPQNZsRPEUZhflgDmPErTYe9On1l0QyzRQi7TqMlLITvsPFYoLkJ0JswDFtRzWPP06L-3hkg3yK/s1600/061110+075.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOAn5S2fQg4XcotzlBuEX73ZD6tYHNEC9YL1LlcBAirtXSWNmMN7JRMg-7HMPQNZsRPEUZhflgDmPErTYe9On1l0QyzRQi7TqMlLITvsPFYoLkJ0JswDFtRzWPP06L-3hkg3yK/s320/061110+075.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483437424281890450" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.margaretberryart.com/">Margaret Berry</a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHARUeWT2fuQ0rDdbOEUvwYd_W6Llus8sA6gjEeDh9y62N83QzQ7_5sXPj37_TsPU5uYdFxij3_xcD7aPtcJ0-joTdqmmycDExv9JQf6PGMza1ug2NBS1Atq9vAGdJ-DFZ51TH/s1600/061110+074.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHARUeWT2fuQ0rDdbOEUvwYd_W6Llus8sA6gjEeDh9y62N83QzQ7_5sXPj37_TsPU5uYdFxij3_xcD7aPtcJ0-joTdqmmycDExv9JQf6PGMza1ug2NBS1Atq9vAGdJ-DFZ51TH/s320/061110+074.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483437394968873458" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.davidaclark.com/pages.php?content=gallery.php&page=3&navGallID=82&activeType=">David A. Clark</a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ymLrWv4UnIVI1uc5i4csmazAaRBC4-GRrEUFlsy5swiwnn0b7e6zYFfGjTED_qXBmZeirmOBmXRbBQOVwlcPQmorZ-xbuYK4CJRN9Czd6G4bmeSSgyfNIrlWZQOhxRaMNE79/s1600/061110+073.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ymLrWv4UnIVI1uc5i4csmazAaRBC4-GRrEUFlsy5swiwnn0b7e6zYFfGjTED_qXBmZeirmOBmXRbBQOVwlcPQmorZ-xbuYK4CJRN9Czd6G4bmeSSgyfNIrlWZQOhxRaMNE79/s320/061110+073.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483437393190375794" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.greatlakesartstudio.com/portfolio/donnabio.html">Donna Zarbin-Byrne</a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWfbQ5p-02dxIXMJLDOo6jDtz1P8cIvrt-G8f5Hk5EGhBd3-1m1FZsAOOze408YYXyFhyphenhyphen65SPqfRuUz0McCmbDpWX7uWjUK46FhcAPiZ0cDHJWDhNMxWWnMfW2m_YIPzyk3JIs/s1600/061110+072.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWfbQ5p-02dxIXMJLDOo6jDtz1P8cIvrt-G8f5Hk5EGhBd3-1m1FZsAOOze408YYXyFhyphenhyphen65SPqfRuUz0McCmbDpWX7uWjUK46FhcAPiZ0cDHJWDhNMxWWnMfW2m_YIPzyk3JIs/s320/061110+072.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483437387731682034" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWfbQ5p-02dxIXMJLDOo6jDtz1P8cIvrt-G8f5Hk5EGhBd3-1m1FZsAOOze408YYXyFhyphenhyphen65SPqfRuUz0McCmbDpWX7uWjUK46FhcAPiZ0cDHJWDhNMxWWnMfW2m_YIPzyk3JIs/s1600/061110+072.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinRBSFzld6hvsrnO9WLMbLHZ2nOPnrFM_afpFnF7FX0BO2LCIirlV7pexpDiZdc7cCCArn5niytDTwCp5KkBzEZy3lDgZr6P20EVl0aoU1o0WeRtb470rzUVehBrB-PxDrzfU3/s320/061110+070.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483441245395917634" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;">Pamala Crabb Burnham</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqMt4tDmCG7PLYt3f4Xssg_9oc_QfCCQgcMn0soaO3zcON-aaH98GfbJSf4MQu0S_G96CZXdsWvHDKAv3N-bEdmS4iP1470ahGa9a4-sBKJ10ZFfkpV4zC0HRMSMgrYb-VhKl0/s1600/061110+071.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqMt4tDmCG7PLYt3f4Xssg_9oc_QfCCQgcMn0soaO3zcON-aaH98GfbJSf4MQu0S_G96CZXdsWvHDKAv3N-bEdmS4iP1470ahGa9a4-sBKJ10ZFfkpV4zC0HRMSMgrYb-VhKl0/s320/061110+071.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483437382462293490" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.milesconrad.com/" style="font-size: 100%; ">P</a><span style="font-size: 100%; ">amala Crabb Burnham</span> (detail)</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8G88JqGJTRxD-KqCKw9pkruAUo-y2jtLPnX2YOQ2Poum-AtNRA2AMwQUfpiX7gWDeuM0VIIAnTblf58pEuOtZjK6r1c4791udlgNfQcdT1pLgNDDJ3sAGOvPz5sBgBiKD1H-B/s1600/061110+069.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8G88JqGJTRxD-KqCKw9pkruAUo-y2jtLPnX2YOQ2Poum-AtNRA2AMwQUfpiX7gWDeuM0VIIAnTblf58pEuOtZjK6r1c4791udlgNfQcdT1pLgNDDJ3sAGOvPz5sBgBiKD1H-B/s320/061110+069.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483436960586319346" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIY6m_z5JBofMvlGAk3tiWPPJuiT-hTk6Sz1-dQ0EGLudIwB8vKU_BqX-uRG2GyFlDIPiCVG5l8js0k7XXlWohJaRa95fbkZLd28egynvOAuMrJpKkSpvg9TB5GQSf4jToLS9E/s320/061110+081.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483446330996256610" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>Paula Streeter</u></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8G88JqGJTRxD-KqCKw9pkruAUo-y2jtLPnX2YOQ2Poum-AtNRA2AMwQUfpiX7gWDeuM0VIIAnTblf58pEuOtZjK6r1c4791udlgNfQcdT1pLgNDDJ3sAGOvPz5sBgBiKD1H-B/s1600/061110+069.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyKYlp0gNeFT7J4BHROcy6PVAEjJRWYtPUxrWB6IANhSDbQxd7sCu0ziZZqAeWCnFooEFQLEzult5MFatNjK2knxAZJ5fknqB55Y0TMrSu0dxTY8CH_60OBkoP6SfS4xXBGXBU/s320/061110+063.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483445246719387778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKOixRC7o6Sa0bki5orUU69I-rnDI9iQUQeMuW23RorG3nnJzgwlvglwZQacaYWno1MDmeamZsVirqLEMj0n8AzALxoBsTFhQZOD1a6-bMkluk9aXDbFrpD8wua-iMooRSzcki/s1600/061310+041.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKOixRC7o6Sa0bki5orUU69I-rnDI9iQUQeMuW23RorG3nnJzgwlvglwZQacaYWno1MDmeamZsVirqLEMj0n8AzALxoBsTFhQZOD1a6-bMkluk9aXDbFrpD8wua-iMooRSzcki/s320/061310+041.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483453404620980482" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://as16online.blogspot.com/2009/06/featured-artistgallerist-elise-mankes.html">Elise Mankes</a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC6mBWWNfPnjlsWACAb70I0Rzvvy7MBiNKNBotYXR00JEDwLW_Zcwm4y8VSSRJI6gWE3m7s02ZIWqIbHbGIIWnnliXqM2JdahixGDHu7OQVNVWkRu4QxTBm_zo_ECWI_5_5_kG/s1600/061110+092.jpg"></a></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC6mBWWNfPnjlsWACAb70I0Rzvvy7MBiNKNBotYXR00JEDwLW_Zcwm4y8VSSRJI6gWE3m7s02ZIWqIbHbGIIWnnliXqM2JdahixGDHu7OQVNVWkRu4QxTBm_zo_ECWI_5_5_kG/s1600/061110+092.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC6mBWWNfPnjlsWACAb70I0Rzvvy7MBiNKNBotYXR00JEDwLW_Zcwm4y8VSSRJI6gWE3m7s02ZIWqIbHbGIIWnnliXqM2JdahixGDHu7OQVNVWkRu4QxTBm_zo_ECWI_5_5_kG/s320/061110+092.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483448269417722626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjygg7PD1tQ6JrV5Lnwl1waRe1gvQs0zkFbIG9nMlpDwTmXBmTS3VADxGvUH1GvbGNUXrPDldvJevF0Kdi2qmoJWZJnc1fdQJWn31q8IEEX8B331kATP3Dx59u_p6AAKrF9P5cE/s1600/061110+091.jpg"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7v0rm74tfGVpKxFUyJ50MIZNchbx3XH4tm5cE7rTcMHwrZoTZH5AgqHMOmA5OuTNHXVyeM9CtYM-mWNmf78hFY6l3zsgbSgNEd47xpOThKzZKc5kqmohq_a__3wBpaAEaL5Gx/s1600/061110+090.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7v0rm74tfGVpKxFUyJ50MIZNchbx3XH4tm5cE7rTcMHwrZoTZH5AgqHMOmA5OuTNHXVyeM9CtYM-mWNmf78hFY6l3zsgbSgNEd47xpOThKzZKc5kqmohq_a__3wBpaAEaL5Gx/s320/061110+090.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483448041382031586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>Nancy Lowe</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjygg7PD1tQ6JrV5Lnwl1waRe1gvQs0zkFbIG9nMlpDwTmXBmTS3VADxGvUH1GvbGNUXrPDldvJevF0Kdi2qmoJWZJnc1fdQJWn31q8IEEX8B331kATP3Dx59u_p6AAKrF9P5cE/s320/061110+091.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483448141875875970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Nancy Lowe (detail)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkSssNdCy-_M45lIuNdeUG6DLF2KrXkjH9aoKSJcYPyKbuAjtOsNDRz4hTlWnYILyKKMGaCrZxcuE9RvH_PXG0l8QiIKoaE34lM_oOnvm_ESrC4mTxrEAlVInyJkRHhmO6iQEE/s1600/061110+088.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkSssNdCy-_M45lIuNdeUG6DLF2KrXkjH9aoKSJcYPyKbuAjtOsNDRz4hTlWnYILyKKMGaCrZxcuE9RvH_PXG0l8QiIKoaE34lM_oOnvm_ESrC4mTxrEAlVInyJkRHhmO6iQEE/s320/061110+088.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483447762092184626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihiMXXaDFiuUJM-2ra76ZaQWTiEjBplOLy3CgdIS01nyCKzMvtRylOcprkO8VvGsp1YpN-qt-2LMwjNR5vCazEeKoYvXjn-swSlISbWRsQdBYzp59CJH1rdwKIl8xXqddDYJ2v/s1600/061110+087.jpg"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Align Center" border="0" class="gl_align_center" /></a></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihiMXXaDFiuUJM-2ra76ZaQWTiEjBplOLy3CgdIS01nyCKzMvtRylOcprkO8VvGsp1YpN-qt-2LMwjNR5vCazEeKoYvXjn-swSlISbWRsQdBYzp59CJH1rdwKIl8xXqddDYJ2v/s1600/061110+087.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihiMXXaDFiuUJM-2ra76ZaQWTiEjBplOLy3CgdIS01nyCKzMvtRylOcprkO8VvGsp1YpN-qt-2LMwjNR5vCazEeKoYvXjn-swSlISbWRsQdBYzp59CJH1rdwKIl8xXqddDYJ2v/s320/061110+087.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483447505226983250" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://binniebirstein.com/">Binnie Birstein</a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-YFxVGmVzxxA9mDf-VJBX-1Uw8rE_IzAl-ZS-nOc6HM7PAbOH3zu4m-9YtNlFEU6EAJw2gDAZS1y7zFmXhspuAAI9zC024NSwCQoYtJCvnfWTY4PF1Je3Al7693QsNBR1oPW/s1600/061110+086.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-YFxVGmVzxxA9mDf-VJBX-1Uw8rE_IzAl-ZS-nOc6HM7PAbOH3zu4m-9YtNlFEU6EAJw2gDAZS1y7zFmXhspuAAI9zC024NSwCQoYtJCvnfWTY4PF1Je3Al7693QsNBR1oPW/s320/061110+086.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483447376578770386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nancynatale.net/default3.asp">Nancy Natale</a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJIy_VwRA1Mwgu23BFVMlOZ51T_RdK2qrMiTaEtvAgPoINTq6wA6NnmjyKbhIsIRFkK38MbWNYLqlJ7S8V3iS9B2sa_q3ufDlqpleBrcfAZd6IvWGHV17AVHzFAXbQ86OkRAVY/s1600/061110+085.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJIy_VwRA1Mwgu23BFVMlOZ51T_RdK2qrMiTaEtvAgPoINTq6wA6NnmjyKbhIsIRFkK38MbWNYLqlJ7S8V3iS9B2sa_q3ufDlqpleBrcfAZd6IvWGHV17AVHzFAXbQ86OkRAVY/s320/061110+085.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483447234620661330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://karennielsenfried.com/Karen_Nielsen-Fried.html">Karen Nielsen-Fried</a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVohZcPy1nG5OOL8Hlq3enGMvs-AfZ9ag4nwOdOkP-oFht5C-4My9Q7rSbS7B3dIM02jjWxN3iLwLr-kq9O4w3M_eIrkL1EK7KdUinFlYd444mziKj0PUM1zC14az4pARk4OC/s1600/061110+084.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVohZcPy1nG5OOL8Hlq3enGMvs-AfZ9ag4nwOdOkP-oFht5C-4My9Q7rSbS7B3dIM02jjWxN3iLwLr-kq9O4w3M_eIrkL1EK7KdUinFlYd444mziKj0PUM1zC14az4pARk4OC/s320/061110+084.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483447096271181074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaM1e3Ao9cjql88WLOuZAXdNA__PxVcqhxIakmFuqHnrM17IFEWlwGUDJKSRwPV1DSrLHVAek4vCT9sBB0Q4bJ_B4wZYttJ2xXe1ykRNZX5LL0CgeIHo55f_X730tYtTLdXh2C/s1600/061110+082.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaM1e3Ao9cjql88WLOuZAXdNA__PxVcqhxIakmFuqHnrM17IFEWlwGUDJKSRwPV1DSrLHVAek4vCT9sBB0Q4bJ_B4wZYttJ2xXe1ykRNZX5LL0CgeIHo55f_X730tYtTLdXh2C/s320/061110+082.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483446940576952018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkggsmVXl_AxrzZnWb-PdIrii_BirNlyBYpTIjtL-bom32D_yEbpuHogBVZ68soVTl7SsTwdvj8XZXnm2we9ItNaZeTOFRtJCKLyZ0Opy3R3hJAx81WMV7ym1-mF0JVTHhdmAr/s1600/061110+065.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkggsmVXl_AxrzZnWb-PdIrii_BirNlyBYpTIjtL-bom32D_yEbpuHogBVZ68soVTl7SsTwdvj8XZXnm2we9ItNaZeTOFRtJCKLyZ0Opy3R3hJAx81WMV7ym1-mF0JVTHhdmAr/s320/061110+065.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483436946593376338" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEP6Ou3hTxJ2XjSfng_s_UXMj_VJ002X21eAVv1km9zwDIhI_mrPkFy1cqlsjpI-2PaJR6Ep-27HciAcP8SJs8K-DXSbBlwSM7SLROq3thP4rL2lIMmLHY-A70R2RL8lRjISG2/s1600/061110+064.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEP6Ou3hTxJ2XjSfng_s_UXMj_VJ002X21eAVv1km9zwDIhI_mrPkFy1cqlsjpI-2PaJR6Ep-27HciAcP8SJs8K-DXSbBlwSM7SLROq3thP4rL2lIMmLHY-A70R2RL8lRjISG2/s320/061110+064.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483436928412416338" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.julieshawlutts.com/events.php">Julie Shaw Lutts</a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixvhAGCkNTgOdAiztZfe9qfRwgWpgN8utsIKokedt7qhrE8v-DTv4XfvXDtybljRw_IUm7SNzC9P6xRiqyeig3UBlbZJ3QnHm6DYjLdWfeL0trqOqGzmSm-SIccbx-O9UqcdC4/s1600/061110+093.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixvhAGCkNTgOdAiztZfe9qfRwgWpgN8utsIKokedt7qhrE8v-DTv4XfvXDtybljRw_IUm7SNzC9P6xRiqyeig3UBlbZJ3QnHm6DYjLdWfeL0trqOqGzmSm-SIccbx-O9UqcdC4/s320/061110+093.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483434908992173282" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://joannemattera.com/">Joanne Mattera</a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggepU20ZirjpSR_szxKutbi25AH6DabV6uexGsVtyKwCS_WHGjStbx4wcdtmX0wQBM5mKBeQtoqhVDDUi3L9PvhN5MyfChDZexTi8njR-PhgcL2CQbvSBi-PP_MN7FWcG_W-DR/s1600/061110+096.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggepU20ZirjpSR_szxKutbi25AH6DabV6uexGsVtyKwCS_WHGjStbx4wcdtmX0wQBM5mKBeQtoqhVDDUi3L9PvhN5MyfChDZexTi8njR-PhgcL2CQbvSBi-PP_MN7FWcG_W-DR/s320/061110+096.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483434904002466930" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_eRKZqxnDnZ0dYqY9ksk9xY6aMGa7EGarxk57ypTqmpZTh3K1a4cOItRHRAnq6f9hyphenhyphen_Esoh0C00hn1EKCMR-kAUC5xsLmZIIudf-kn48qGZWEMVY2kT4sIiPaWyTSVyuEQA8H/s1600/061110+095.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_eRKZqxnDnZ0dYqY9ksk9xY6aMGa7EGarxk57ypTqmpZTh3K1a4cOItRHRAnq6f9hyphenhyphen_Esoh0C00hn1EKCMR-kAUC5xsLmZIIudf-kn48qGZWEMVY2kT4sIiPaWyTSVyuEQA8H/s320/061110+095.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483434900173789362" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglrQ7gWr5ABVHaySpBI64mtJx5XbNwuyZiBLvor-7kEvHgGufcIBuyG510-87593jwLC-DgTdTdKMLhNhF9HCX86Bc_v-HLu75AHIE_NThDnijH8bUkArGj43Md3PiZnkNNF6q/s1600/061110+059.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglrQ7gWr5ABVHaySpBI64mtJx5XbNwuyZiBLvor-7kEvHgGufcIBuyG510-87593jwLC-DgTdTdKMLhNhF9HCX86Bc_v-HLu75AHIE_NThDnijH8bUkArGj43Md3PiZnkNNF6q/s320/061110+059.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483443075036167954" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.alexandremasino.ca/">Alexandre Massino</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qNBvRL4uS1JUYJC-pnTy64Av5BU7vIZKF2UwMVf8Dhbdt6zbYo_TS9xuNhpOzGTx1Vokjc07lbj1q3FCb0VK8BQEPLN8C4xN1oSlHyU797yDGug07x7XNVMyrNz-Rm406VbE/s320/061110+080.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483445773236847410" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><a href="http://barbaraeckhardtwalton.com/gallery/index_2.html">Barbara Walton</a></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsiI7i71E1tTuTKBSVWnxTnkxDhdT6OW3PqmTSGsuAwAWr8Xnz2ehLECfhElMMs2mEaLv_ls9nCwvrushiXYf-1Tu9-1NpBdh-sWCvhfnJaZPz0N3Vu-9-IN5aOC-APl9_u442/s1600/061110+060.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsiI7i71E1tTuTKBSVWnxTnkxDhdT6OW3PqmTSGsuAwAWr8Xnz2ehLECfhElMMs2mEaLv_ls9nCwvrushiXYf-1Tu9-1NpBdh-sWCvhfnJaZPz0N3Vu-9-IN5aOC-APl9_u442/s320/061110+060.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483442700732894098" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://brendamallory.com/">Brenda Mallory</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9KeY1q398xZMbcPWbOC4wYJhDIeo-bKwdd2zzx7IrRuooPYUnNy9Y8stAlw_MeDgNPttRljCAwIP3Shi61-HpyU7SnRokVBHdXU3a8FmlrGZLmW5qn5NY9vxHnFC3J8gRhy6/s320/061110+062.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483444273442732210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8MBVKgQgVJp4_XsIrBTkTMPLWGEle2MpFYJut4WPvZfcsyO-Pn5Td0CgzeLQFRTIeaW2wWycqOtiui8bqr2kbxydwZJuS5Iz3AA-xrIMjuhmg0tjTePSQhlYqSFsiK8yhnEdG/s320/061110+061.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483442193980078834" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Congratulations to <a href="http://www.karenfreedman.com/">Karen Freedman</a>! Her piece above was chosen by Joanne Mattera for the Director's Prize. For the first time, the prize was chosen from the work of the conferees.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">I really enjoyed being able to see so much work in person. It was fun to meet someone and then ask them about their piece in the hallway and be able to have a conversation about it. It was also a great showcase of the variety of ways that artists use this versatile medium. I'm really looking forward to the "Everybody Into the Pool" show that Joanne is already talking about for next year!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">There's a list of other conferees who are blogging about the conference on the <a href="http://montserratencausticconference.blogspot.com/">Montserrat Encaustic Conference blog.</a> Be sure to check them out!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">To be continued...</span></div>Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302872722375370724noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29575922.post-12852370705731190332010-06-12T22:13:00.009-05:002010-06-12T22:44:46.107-05:00Encaustic Conference - Wax Libris II<div>When we got to the conference, Gwen and I went to check out the Wax Libris II show, since we both have work in the show.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhis_e0K8IF7Y0fCcCESDyIjiEvsmU41NI56lQ5uc7Mx40qh5aX7QZGE9JOUd5HfTlE2sftUNnfu-aNLv30zlIUT6TKT2sAyxQlCpYc-Wvu5VSM3ZIU5Ek7_GyZny9zEyCEXuYJ/s1600/061110+018.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhis_e0K8IF7Y0fCcCESDyIjiEvsmU41NI56lQ5uc7Mx40qh5aX7QZGE9JOUd5HfTlE2sftUNnfu-aNLv30zlIUT6TKT2sAyxQlCpYc-Wvu5VSM3ZIU5Ek7_GyZny9zEyCEXuYJ/s320/061110+018.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482094572181234082" /></a>The show is in the Montserrat College library. I took photos of lots of the work, but don't have all the artists and titles. I'll work on getting those...<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiffFJBYbFrsHmd7kYE5Il79Kt9T0iIA2mqGR7vHJB5LDG-Yc4SRhhwrfPUPVBqMoKvF4wwudaezRZT9YaGq-x-elJs2_WQ_jkLpt6CBBliSfL7I1OC6cn-CJM_o5g3Vs0_Af3z/s1600/061110+020.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiffFJBYbFrsHmd7kYE5Il79Kt9T0iIA2mqGR7vHJB5LDG-Yc4SRhhwrfPUPVBqMoKvF4wwudaezRZT9YaGq-x-elJs2_WQ_jkLpt6CBBliSfL7I1OC6cn-CJM_o5g3Vs0_Af3z/s320/061110+020.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482094564287499554" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO0kiL2l_QYBKESio5jyUIoJHdY07WK5SX9bQ0-lC-z81UFP1msZfQHgn0_TpdR-Fuda52113scH9mjjgXi307JEnunm6wk667fCjfzPxbiJXch8QZ4GL8O1C1okopFpcrLR7y/s1600/061110+023.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO0kiL2l_QYBKESio5jyUIoJHdY07WK5SX9bQ0-lC-z81UFP1msZfQHgn0_TpdR-Fuda52113scH9mjjgXi307JEnunm6wk667fCjfzPxbiJXch8QZ4GL8O1C1okopFpcrLR7y/s320/061110+023.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482094554740891970" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Firecracker by Cynthia Winika.</div></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3E8iXUEWIP3pKigAUdr-qtxNUSoGS2PjKWiIwO9ZTkwEALvI7HuCDtXAGS_szbKY5i9g9yNjmJ3s96QIZr4aL3yiOcjMvWR9_FUZI3SfSi4M4zCWwruO6q_mL_Oh9DAsXw0iw/s1600/061110+024.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3E8iXUEWIP3pKigAUdr-qtxNUSoGS2PjKWiIwO9ZTkwEALvI7HuCDtXAGS_szbKY5i9g9yNjmJ3s96QIZr4aL3yiOcjMvWR9_FUZI3SfSi4M4zCWwruO6q_mL_Oh9DAsXw0iw/s320/061110+024.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482094144877843138" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3OFr5YoK8PQeUbLazvmALRU4FeB_veE25jZ5luHppfZET-gc9nxpl3yEniwmKOLxQkTuucwUCtdxpZVz84I44oE-QiaU2jFvay20wo4hrHUwq60Cvu_L-eqMmXT2yXQKpoVd/s1600/061110+025.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3OFr5YoK8PQeUbLazvmALRU4FeB_veE25jZ5luHppfZET-gc9nxpl3yEniwmKOLxQkTuucwUCtdxpZVz84I44oE-QiaU2jFvay20wo4hrHUwq60Cvu_L-eqMmXT2yXQKpoVd/s320/061110+025.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482094133755523554" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-QgCxAdyzIRxf6Vh9PqEq4vzIwOcsxYpp-zjhqhgyzoupz_988Opnfbgb2HJbgQgaXUAppk7Ssn7YovHCbpGAZPLr80L218FQBa0R649ac12sWC2pvvchNz7xZsnqa09Xp-nY/s1600/061110+026.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-QgCxAdyzIRxf6Vh9PqEq4vzIwOcsxYpp-zjhqhgyzoupz_988Opnfbgb2HJbgQgaXUAppk7Ssn7YovHCbpGAZPLr80L218FQBa0R649ac12sWC2pvvchNz7xZsnqa09Xp-nY/s320/061110+026.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482094122415390066" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">by Catherine Nash</div></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_zd4kW5FH5irGd9ZPha9ptOdHZ9KD_3-iJXkIVjVQPxu8CgsChExDWIdc4SkhSzcvK65wwz3ifx-c1NUtHMVnGrUyQjFsh3f7N50gVPjWcuBiSet6QqOowNoonBxn3p5R475/s1600/061110+027.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_zd4kW5FH5irGd9ZPha9ptOdHZ9KD_3-iJXkIVjVQPxu8CgsChExDWIdc4SkhSzcvK65wwz3ifx-c1NUtHMVnGrUyQjFsh3f7N50gVPjWcuBiSet6QqOowNoonBxn3p5R475/s320/061110+027.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482094116469030786" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">by Catherine Nash</div></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSIbx9H0mFyWGE38GlYlbHD7iJKyeEqT0gH25-MhABfkzt3kOCKi4EdNZlQXvRujtyYHpugJ22epi5eBXXuwJjYbPCVPwPbTS4A6AX21hIx1_DHDCh4rj08EZshg-YEBBl6m5F/s1600/061110+028.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSIbx9H0mFyWGE38GlYlbHD7iJKyeEqT0gH25-MhABfkzt3kOCKi4EdNZlQXvRujtyYHpugJ22epi5eBXXuwJjYbPCVPwPbTS4A6AX21hIx1_DHDCh4rj08EZshg-YEBBl6m5F/s320/061110+028.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482094108840808786" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifuNKR04bqDXA7v2pnVOQl-opOJ7EWTxj5TaOpDEz1i10q4rXeccagQEL1Dm_6PQ6_rvHJpdt4frvKZbb-gGHK9GeQhqrU3vmt12EvlvKjowxpEB-APwY76yrIFL_N2yBNT6QG/s1600/061110+029.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifuNKR04bqDXA7v2pnVOQl-opOJ7EWTxj5TaOpDEz1i10q4rXeccagQEL1Dm_6PQ6_rvHJpdt4frvKZbb-gGHK9GeQhqrU3vmt12EvlvKjowxpEB-APwY76yrIFL_N2yBNT6QG/s320/061110+029.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482093676312941074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">by Haley Nagy</div></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUwbVcVJbGgeunNWYl3PAVh7fOuKh_JTDXM2SfIxqhaLFOPRYKNH616xrH5fVolFgdPjiOSR_yqy6iazur64FLHegW1eM28dWv95eaiipCBDx_YjWmJgLNjf9rzBn5YfTMeaHS/s1600/061110+031.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUwbVcVJbGgeunNWYl3PAVh7fOuKh_JTDXM2SfIxqhaLFOPRYKNH616xrH5fVolFgdPjiOSR_yqy6iazur64FLHegW1eM28dWv95eaiipCBDx_YjWmJgLNjf9rzBn5YfTMeaHS/s320/061110+031.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482093670967967458" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">by Laura Moriarty</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXpY-g5wEoh_sHgIJ2ZQA8pUfVAF6Fh8w_hw2f-uOts2qVVazLZlk3CS5nr-1p9cu_HMRKbT3nefLINEj_gtmduhnp58_C86LEGS4x7uksJofq7qmy6apTmAztyWlkb3wZWg1F/s1600/061110+032.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXpY-g5wEoh_sHgIJ2ZQA8pUfVAF6Fh8w_hw2f-uOts2qVVazLZlk3CS5nr-1p9cu_HMRKbT3nefLINEj_gtmduhnp58_C86LEGS4x7uksJofq7qmy6apTmAztyWlkb3wZWg1F/s320/061110+032.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482093655535617858" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqqw5pthLB1Ta_aWYH0pbdPhLEwxBy5m2qAgegPW7a6aoZdFY_KVw52cHsVrNYEHySphtuRE0Yq5SwklZUYgz8ekdIpk2-wDXHiQPdEf8orTWPOBlxpy5OA90Ml3y7mrQxHc2H/s1600/061110+033.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqqw5pthLB1Ta_aWYH0pbdPhLEwxBy5m2qAgegPW7a6aoZdFY_KVw52cHsVrNYEHySphtuRE0Yq5SwklZUYgz8ekdIpk2-wDXHiQPdEf8orTWPOBlxpy5OA90Ml3y7mrQxHc2H/s320/061110+033.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482093649633441474" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3qBBTuZnhP3K41yVIZdTsaLd0rev9LOBTIQBr1j9gB_h0esQM5b6Bg-CYksgKASYmGr3UP6dgM5fA2a4mhjb78bi4v4tysEYOeumZPGgjkQPVhydvsJfFpXZa5fDVJenw-i9i/s1600/061110+035.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3qBBTuZnhP3K41yVIZdTsaLd0rev9LOBTIQBr1j9gB_h0esQM5b6Bg-CYksgKASYmGr3UP6dgM5fA2a4mhjb78bi4v4tysEYOeumZPGgjkQPVhydvsJfFpXZa5fDVJenw-i9i/s320/061110+035.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482093331495718386" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">by Nancy Natale</div></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2xZxS8Zh-iiDh4Y6W7YzW_OqDuXy6n2_TZmuzFQgxIWDAPKBMrKGQoehpr2qHsrGfZvmUfBDgTZXJYIRgaRdJZVAeBRGNAySX8jz75EFHOhVI-_vmTFNGQfarAUNHfHYkN8i/s1600/061110+036.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2xZxS8Zh-iiDh4Y6W7YzW_OqDuXy6n2_TZmuzFQgxIWDAPKBMrKGQoehpr2qHsrGfZvmUfBDgTZXJYIRgaRdJZVAeBRGNAySX8jz75EFHOhVI-_vmTFNGQfarAUNHfHYkN8i/s320/061110+036.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482093322957325810" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM448IgqWw_VQB0npSpZwfYHyIcfpH7wlbNOucsXr8KN_W6QZXXTV7VL6N1fpqH6YfwjJelRXF-SqVegQH1eOz4vXIPWGSx88GMYCcXNaemZ7YWRUyo146S14A13U_gcMwb69b/s1600/061110+038.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM448IgqWw_VQB0npSpZwfYHyIcfpH7wlbNOucsXr8KN_W6QZXXTV7VL6N1fpqH6YfwjJelRXF-SqVegQH1eOz4vXIPWGSx88GMYCcXNaemZ7YWRUyo146S14A13U_gcMwb69b/s320/061110+038.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482093311225283586" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6H5ouOH1o19cgYRe5gU7NBo7qbD3IwfuJwI9wg23ArS33CZKoj3G2tNrHM5px9182_D2cigEmoIVtNK9c3zAJrLfGeSWa78WseaIFdOPyW88D4ygAZpYtN5bf1ZhYwfOlTcfd/s1600/061110+039.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6H5ouOH1o19cgYRe5gU7NBo7qbD3IwfuJwI9wg23ArS33CZKoj3G2tNrHM5px9182_D2cigEmoIVtNK9c3zAJrLfGeSWa78WseaIFdOPyW88D4ygAZpYtN5bf1ZhYwfOlTcfd/s320/061110+039.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482092298067147138" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTkfQOL_V7g834SrEIdSW4xwFMmTPqUy6_Ppugcu_gcE5UX5uFIwzo-Ks9M5_U_xowf8_qvR9Y-3kSc8hIlMGh2jE91avTZXyOXWjr_iCUiUTz88HKSkQHjO88JX0S853B8qHu/s1600/061110+040.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTkfQOL_V7g834SrEIdSW4xwFMmTPqUy6_Ppugcu_gcE5UX5uFIwzo-Ks9M5_U_xowf8_qvR9Y-3kSc8hIlMGh2jE91avTZXyOXWjr_iCUiUTz88HKSkQHjO88JX0S853B8qHu/s320/061110+040.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482092275291716098" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">by Miles Conrad</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSnGTpxmy7p7kNU8Ci-coWDcFyxKJ2VtivVAlz1x19IRy9KJBg6sK8H2WVu8_mBUvWWkBGn1fT8r4OnO9CQgKPwVmLsiKOUZvm-y5SyWV3tOeTJEUX86wM61AKSO7vWAXZ4AgV/s1600/061110+041.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSnGTpxmy7p7kNU8Ci-coWDcFyxKJ2VtivVAlz1x19IRy9KJBg6sK8H2WVu8_mBUvWWkBGn1fT8r4OnO9CQgKPwVmLsiKOUZvm-y5SyWV3tOeTJEUX86wM61AKSO7vWAXZ4AgV/s320/061110+041.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482092271508138130" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">by Miles Conrad</div></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgG4433cK1SCPYhyEQ8eAOmiSFVz-AoTkdW7jlfAwWOT88J3QZgb-FFQjCmrv34FTgnNGMdcnkiCxqq_7F4Rqs8Ef31kGVAAIqnVinBG7VL0kmCkN2RzVr8yZQRqq1HmiaoLJB/s1600/061110+042.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgG4433cK1SCPYhyEQ8eAOmiSFVz-AoTkdW7jlfAwWOT88J3QZgb-FFQjCmrv34FTgnNGMdcnkiCxqq_7F4Rqs8Ef31kGVAAIqnVinBG7VL0kmCkN2RzVr8yZQRqq1HmiaoLJB/s320/061110+042.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482092259803234146" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">by Miles Conrad</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1P7JiNUZJ7yEr-d28_rJj4XOlDkIMDVdQNh-3N0VSf4_e4Q6fft90WIkOBRQxdq4EAYAu3ZEUQKbGCdRmefrWnaaqqEum3htk8QVT6dRMC8JrsvWsXDpbM2PMN7P7gHAI5QdU/s1600/061110+043.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1P7JiNUZJ7yEr-d28_rJj4XOlDkIMDVdQNh-3N0VSf4_e4Q6fft90WIkOBRQxdq4EAYAu3ZEUQKbGCdRmefrWnaaqqEum3htk8QVT6dRMC8JrsvWsXDpbM2PMN7P7gHAI5QdU/s320/061110+043.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482092247386978962" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">by Miles Conrad</div></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tr46AGJ5t5qBOI5YOVAD_7ceRwK_TKGm27z7Zt_7mqZTlJ1dd-eel47U4AMFYjWBO6xcKYCPXn_KrYCllk8VtPDTY2D-wf3yVt5SgMrKKI6GUqvFYsKdD6zLWFJKCSr1uzpi/s1600/061110+044.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tr46AGJ5t5qBOI5YOVAD_7ceRwK_TKGm27z7Zt_7mqZTlJ1dd-eel47U4AMFYjWBO6xcKYCPXn_KrYCllk8VtPDTY2D-wf3yVt5SgMrKKI6GUqvFYsKdD6zLWFJKCSr1uzpi/s320/061110+044.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482091678722422722" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">by Gwendolyn Plunkett</div></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3bOiVooH_WaTFK2or-62go4bRL4U2Z6pcSo2t6Gp-nPhwF3YEYVkjZQHxiy3MCFa1f-4qWX5267QKieTtJkQAjULFC24pwQ9_T0pmchfuxFkipMnkiz9hjTBS9T1apRat2aYp/s1600/061110+045.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3bOiVooH_WaTFK2or-62go4bRL4U2Z6pcSo2t6Gp-nPhwF3YEYVkjZQHxiy3MCFa1f-4qWX5267QKieTtJkQAjULFC24pwQ9_T0pmchfuxFkipMnkiz9hjTBS9T1apRat2aYp/s320/061110+045.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482091675618073794" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmaPtE4b5ZWpAS72JItSAboVE8jzptaJoNWa7jKKmuOgQAdN8izOWZt42IFEh1lJ6rclDS5EG6-I4YvAm9gD1-LJ13l3kajbt742ZUoq8PxzB-Po_hJdIJWEyANImAiTO9yQj/s1600/061110+048.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmaPtE4b5ZWpAS72JItSAboVE8jzptaJoNWa7jKKmuOgQAdN8izOWZt42IFEh1lJ6rclDS5EG6-I4YvAm9gD1-LJ13l3kajbt742ZUoq8PxzB-Po_hJdIJWEyANImAiTO9yQj/s320/061110+048.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482091668024357314" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibiv5gCr69ledn-25mrsWxhUVsQuym0QUgDP0l_NqaTBHAOpzbuld98AxRdaQwAgVR7fFtjKhAko0BnGaLrXqSoomi6jpELv4TjQJoFvQIDYMyUHO1W92eHJ9z9ILZF-t_oNhl/s1600/061110+049.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibiv5gCr69ledn-25mrsWxhUVsQuym0QUgDP0l_NqaTBHAOpzbuld98AxRdaQwAgVR7fFtjKhAko0BnGaLrXqSoomi6jpELv4TjQJoFvQIDYMyUHO1W92eHJ9z9ILZF-t_oNhl/s320/061110+049.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482091631965783346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">by Jeanne Borofsky</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1OI3eKRj6EGTV3ZXrPTMhmEX9-hEtJiuDnyIbNyYwKS3uIqt7kNrXY_M6TbMoOzElAcZeVaaEe2HjLX0UmIHJz1DpiAx-z7l7-3F5DBfUzL8URhIoK_UuQnscVfoDWq1hBdRU/s1600/061110+050.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1OI3eKRj6EGTV3ZXrPTMhmEX9-hEtJiuDnyIbNyYwKS3uIqt7kNrXY_M6TbMoOzElAcZeVaaEe2HjLX0UmIHJz1DpiAx-z7l7-3F5DBfUzL8URhIoK_UuQnscVfoDWq1hBdRU/s320/061110+050.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482091626506971426" /></a></div>Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302872722375370724noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29575922.post-26143219534112368252010-06-12T12:41:00.004-05:002010-06-12T17:40:44.748-05:00Encaustic Conference<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2wOGdUqXTSIn4fNb0FrWdTBphPIURRQDrEjeFh7hXouX1-c_e5Vugi5q6NDW3K6idLL7P-sSvzPIIQ_mBznvy4XjuR_84DlHeMXbxiLpz1Ryvg_JfgAMoyq96TuvCez4Azf3/s1600/061110+128.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2wOGdUqXTSIn4fNb0FrWdTBphPIURRQDrEjeFh7hXouX1-c_e5Vugi5q6NDW3K6idLL7P-sSvzPIIQ_mBznvy4XjuR_84DlHeMXbxiLpz1Ryvg_JfgAMoyq96TuvCez4Azf3/s320/061110+128.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481943947086968770" /></a>Having fun at the conference. No time to blog!<div><br /></div><div>The photo above is a shot of the "Best Foot Forward" show in the hallway at the conference. Attendees were invited to bring a piece of artwork 12" x 12" or under. It's so fun to see everyone's work.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hopefully I'll have time later to post something.</div>Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302872722375370724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29575922.post-55565068743280300332010-06-08T13:14:00.009-05:002010-06-08T13:35:48.514-05:004th Annual Encaustic ConferenceI'll be leaving in 2 days to attend the <a href="http://montserratencausticconference.blogspot.com/">Fourth Annual Encaustic Painting Conference</a> at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, Massachusetts.<br /><br />I attended the conference the first and second years, but was not able to make it last year. So I'm very excited to attend this year!<br /><br />I'll be staying in the new dorms on campus this time. It'll be nice to be close enough to walk.<br /><br />I'm excited to reconnect with other artists that I have met at the conference, and to make new connections.<br /><br />Today I went to my studio to pick something out to take with me for the "<a href="http://montserratencausticconference.blogspot.com/2009/11/second-floor-hallway-show.html">Best Foot Forward</a>" hallway show. They're encouraging all of the attendees to bring a piece that is 12" x 12" or less to hang in the hallway gallery. It'll be fun to see work by so many artists. This is the piece that I chose to take:<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM_pUMG1Ed9rR9ucrGpeylVCdSPpmK-g6MgibZnTEEQgPM5MtHmPbACXMfTbjFjSKqlAhFnzZZ8m93sXyu0K_lJKn1puify1NeQC4xBlUs-JIGxYrBxRjgwlcZ86PtvAB_Zj4Y/s1600/deannawood_shadows.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM_pUMG1Ed9rR9ucrGpeylVCdSPpmK-g6MgibZnTEEQgPM5MtHmPbACXMfTbjFjSKqlAhFnzZZ8m93sXyu0K_lJKn1puify1NeQC4xBlUs-JIGxYrBxRjgwlcZ86PtvAB_Zj4Y/s320/deannawood_shadows.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480469820040729058" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Shadows, colored pencil, gouache, collage, and encaustic, 12" x 12"</span></span></div></span><br />I will have a piece in the <a href="http://montserratencausticconference.blogspot.com/2009/11/library-book-show.html">Wax Libris II</a> show that will be on exhibit in the library. It's a show of artists's books that incorporate wax in some way. This is my book:<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-UFw8BaSPty2v3UWxEz_Q3KZF7QA9Q5XmBld8pMQZhxNm8Ca2PbukNn6IHeTj6AQw-yGztTl17ZZSxaACbVj9UmbiHm0g3q8ut5tmxr30uQrgnhC7z2AJGaFlFsYq60TkIo9_/s1600/dwood_secrets_and_lies.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-UFw8BaSPty2v3UWxEz_Q3KZF7QA9Q5XmBld8pMQZhxNm8Ca2PbukNn6IHeTj6AQw-yGztTl17ZZSxaACbVj9UmbiHm0g3q8ut5tmxr30uQrgnhC7z2AJGaFlFsYq60TkIo9_/s320/dwood_secrets_and_lies.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480469828958358354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Secrets and Lies, paper and wax</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I'll be blogging as much as I can, so stay tuned!</div></div></div></div>Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302872722375370724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29575922.post-61365089593888824612010-05-26T09:39:00.005-05:002010-10-12T13:53:46.701-05:00Art Fairs and FestivalsI get a lot of questions about hanging artwork at art fairs and festivals and I never really have any good answers.<div><br /></div><div>Here's a great blog for that type of information:</div><div><a href="http://rgarriott.blogspot.com/">R. Garriott</a></div><div><br /></div><div>And another:</div><div><a href="http://diannepoinski.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-to-art-festivals-my-top-5.html">Dianne Poinski</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy!</div>Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302872722375370724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29575922.post-32186717971004995412009-11-10T14:39:00.012-06:002009-11-10T16:06:21.685-06:00Commission, Part 3I wanted to blog about the other pieces I created for my commission, and this is the second on that I worked on.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlYHPrUu13YYBqn6aoPh-a3y7KfTb5XpOFWF6aFPkIVOrKz6-j37TV1qSsojDB2FB6F1-WHN9mWeapLIkGPZX5T-ffG5wsDKt-NgEdcshcHFOSnMSKxmYb4jyNQD_4TlwmyPb1/s1600-h/swirl1and2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlYHPrUu13YYBqn6aoPh-a3y7KfTb5XpOFWF6aFPkIVOrKz6-j37TV1qSsojDB2FB6F1-WHN9mWeapLIkGPZX5T-ffG5wsDKt-NgEdcshcHFOSnMSKxmYb4jyNQD_4TlwmyPb1/s320/swirl1and2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402578914607375282" border="0" /></a>The original piece is two 12" x 12" panels that I created about 5 years ago, while I was in grad school.<br /><br />If I remember correctly, the panel on the left has white paper and a color copy of clouds glued to the surface. I drew the triangles with oil pastel and did a solvent transfer of the telephone pole from a copy. The right panel is similar - white paper, oil pastel, and a solvent transfer. Except I can't remember how I made the transfer on the right so much lighter...<br /><br />So they wanted this piece to be 48" x 66". Since the original was a diptych, I decided to do this piece on 2 panels as well, so the panels ended up being 48" x 33".<br /><br />This piece was by far the most difficult. Nothing worked out the way I had originally planned it. Plan A was to glue down a color copy of clouds, do solvent transfers of the telephone poles onto the panels, paint clear wax on, collage in a large piece of tissue/rice paper with the triangles and words, and then add some transparent blue wax.<br /><br />Well, the large copies that I had made for me wouldn't transfer with the solvent. I had done a test with a copy I already had and it worked. So maybe they changed the type of machine they used or they type of toner, or something. But it worked as a transfer directly onto the wax (without solvent), so I decided that I would do that.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1DzkaPjGFd_UVHRInj_VuWPy7NkBAXSPY-7__m40353l2KgE1VCE5xdpa7uarLc4sP1BN9MePkZBFMYgiwm7_Zjf3m4YDFazdaCQXKgpwVioGgcFEwi_Hw83SPPDgapiQzcPh/s1600-h/090409+037.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1DzkaPjGFd_UVHRInj_VuWPy7NkBAXSPY-7__m40353l2KgE1VCE5xdpa7uarLc4sP1BN9MePkZBFMYgiwm7_Zjf3m4YDFazdaCQXKgpwVioGgcFEwi_Hw83SPPDgapiQzcPh/s320/090409+037.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402589026687307106" border="0" /></a>Lots of other things didn't work, either. The large color copy was way more than I wanted to spend, so I got a black and white copy and colored it with colored pencil.<br /><br />I also had a problem collaging in the paper. The only paper that I could find that was large enough to cover the whole panel was apparently not absorbent enough, because it didn't soak into the wax like I needed it to. It just made a big wrinkly mess.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoekrxgaeZySzE__ZRjULQEZAzFv4lfKAHe4WMWDnIjerSkM3Tg70zHcdUAcdpdnUo-85FcTPzdwrCD85_17QDV7d-CkM7l4kaFO8fwWMB-OH3OzQKXQtUFwfylD6nofKHP8OP/s1600-h/090409+050.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoekrxgaeZySzE__ZRjULQEZAzFv4lfKAHe4WMWDnIjerSkM3Tg70zHcdUAcdpdnUo-85FcTPzdwrCD85_17QDV7d-CkM7l4kaFO8fwWMB-OH3OzQKXQtUFwfylD6nofKHP8OP/s320/090409+050.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402589794101959826" border="0" /></a>And the transparent blue wax didn't work. As I mentioned before, working large in encaustic is definitely a challenge. I couldn't get the surface to look smooth and even like I wanted it to. I just didn't like the way it looked. So I scraped it off. From both panels.<br /><br />So on to Plan Q...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2vlusFA0BLf9qmIiNwZhJ7i7irB2nFhyY2kwb4GXO9iPfOonNo7-RmHmaXTP99wOq_G-iE2TWcH90jaTOc0gT8RBhGPS-hLr2O-mgDr1xKPTZJS-0fm4gePDkaaiUZcKgaF-/s1600-h/092409+001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2vlusFA0BLf9qmIiNwZhJ7i7irB2nFhyY2kwb4GXO9iPfOonNo7-RmHmaXTP99wOq_G-iE2TWcH90jaTOc0gT8RBhGPS-hLr2O-mgDr1xKPTZJS-0fm4gePDkaaiUZcKgaF-/s320/092409+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402591083691829746" border="0" /></a>Here you can see how I transferred the words to the right panel. That's the tissue paper that I was originally going to collage in. I used blue transfer paper to get it on the panel. Then I wrote over it with a blue colored pencil.<br /><br />I then covered both panels with clear encaustic medium. It was much easier to get the clear wax smoother. Or maybe the unevenness just wasn't as noticeable with the clear.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVEzo_UPXORdMKw-QdxhN2nNUHN3ssTNO00UKqRO8SYL3YjlZVLBQ-mpc7h9ZXjmMCfMICFz_bjEsHUkOMocqhv6eDjuzciQWhB855_mMeb6qefK-j7I83BOAbxkKUN6eK30rb/s1600-h/092409+052.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVEzo_UPXORdMKw-QdxhN2nNUHN3ssTNO00UKqRO8SYL3YjlZVLBQ-mpc7h9ZXjmMCfMICFz_bjEsHUkOMocqhv6eDjuzciQWhB855_mMeb6qefK-j7I83BOAbxkKUN6eK30rb/s320/092409+052.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402592054506805090" border="0" /></a>Here are the panels with several layers of clear wax added.<br /><br />So then I did the transfers. I have good transfer karma, for some reason. I have friends that have tried and tried to do transfers (solvent or wax), and can't do them at all. So these large transfers weren't hard, just time consuming. The paper really stuck to the wax, so most of the labor involved wetting and rubbing the paper off.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWLFX96m-kj9P570FFFIAPNbMtwEyWqH0ofmRGBB7uO58WaDiI8Y8_Q0hnAurZnlkj2DParh8zMghAKn9YyUn2hhbQVchzpvWoGJKn9e9pLJ90tVV27HHoPUT7TgasWfhC_wvt/s1600-h/092409+059.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWLFX96m-kj9P570FFFIAPNbMtwEyWqH0ofmRGBB7uO58WaDiI8Y8_Q0hnAurZnlkj2DParh8zMghAKn9YyUn2hhbQVchzpvWoGJKn9e9pLJ90tVV27HHoPUT7TgasWfhC_wvt/s320/092409+059.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402595737199586738" border="0" /></a>Here's what it looks like after I've burnished the transfer and I'm rubbing away the paper that has stuck.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwr55bRh13BqLIYc4YWOWc0cJr734jc5girnGZ4XGN83eag2emipddS0Qgbp9h0i-QLEvqKWGI_GcH5i4QoC4R4v0gIprB873RSGJa_e_KTpp21Hc1Kow9YRKVShusL-j3Q4mt/s1600-h/092409+069.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwr55bRh13BqLIYc4YWOWc0cJr734jc5girnGZ4XGN83eag2emipddS0Qgbp9h0i-QLEvqKWGI_GcH5i4QoC4R4v0gIprB873RSGJa_e_KTpp21Hc1Kow9YRKVShusL-j3Q4mt/s320/092409+069.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402596561638408882" border="0" /></a>And here are both pieces with the tranfers. I couldn't really make the one on the right lighter like it is in the original, but I tried to make it rougher and less dark. I even sanded away a little bit of the toner.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrmBpFj-X32J0giQ2Skcl87isM9AI_-mRFET4kYIavMJ_zf5RBBLEj5y0f4YNX6IuwAb5ESsfHRwSkCbuOxn82AcXzMCgHuxp3f3cOsx574XUKy9AxwN59tcoeL41ZKyqfuIU/s1600-h/100109+013.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrmBpFj-X32J0giQ2Skcl87isM9AI_-mRFET4kYIavMJ_zf5RBBLEj5y0f4YNX6IuwAb5ESsfHRwSkCbuOxn82AcXzMCgHuxp3f3cOsx574XUKy9AxwN59tcoeL41ZKyqfuIU/s320/100109+013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402597344185727314" border="0" /></a>Instead of using the blue wax, I decided to rub a thin layer of oil paint onto the surface. I scratched the triangles and the houses into the surface using a needle tool and rubbed the oil paint into the scratched lines, and then continuing over the whole surface. If it got too heavy, I would add some linseed oil to a paper towel and rub some of the oil off.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjTD5fQ6d_WjYACjXvRuxnNmFMn4M9UuvF2IF19sXcN28PLp996VJHJIjg_gLGAehMRa9sP35Bhoj1PFDICNxiNJ-xdbym_cqYVe11TU-QtMRMxt5hH1dZbQgok-h1jbhlYay/s1600-h/JW5502dw.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 236px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjTD5fQ6d_WjYACjXvRuxnNmFMn4M9UuvF2IF19sXcN28PLp996VJHJIjg_gLGAehMRa9sP35Bhoj1PFDICNxiNJ-xdbym_cqYVe11TU-QtMRMxt5hH1dZbQgok-h1jbhlYay/s320/JW5502dw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402598076369073570" border="0" /></a>And here's the final piece. I like the way it came out, even though I think it's different than the original.Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302872722375370724noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29575922.post-45356355881214317502009-10-15T13:48:00.016-05:002010-02-01T22:28:10.745-06:00Commission, part 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguARwDt4L6ASbfJg0yee_d65sKhhl3lChjFgzVyLZnruzMkn3VsjeUpUZIjygvoUy8e5sYYYqs-uZNY2F0gFKATqYQ9uqibuT7VvkYgHl27J_4ZvM_xMBVnL0IXF2WiRTxSiUr/s1600-h/4323.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguARwDt4L6ASbfJg0yee_d65sKhhl3lChjFgzVyLZnruzMkn3VsjeUpUZIjygvoUy8e5sYYYqs-uZNY2F0gFKATqYQ9uqibuT7VvkYgHl27J_4ZvM_xMBVnL0IXF2WiRTxSiUr/s320/4323.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392900849014051746" border="0" /></a>So, as I mentioned in the previous post, I was commissioned to create a piece similar to the piece pictured above, but in a much larger size.<br /><br />The original bird pieces were 20" x 16" and the painting in the center was 12" x 12" and they wanted the final piece to be a triptych, each 45" x 17".<br /><br />I had some 45" x 17" birch panels created by a local woodworker, and then made my plan of attack.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpHRLfXhahQlCTHfXTzLPuLOxf1EvzIVLu8UGd1OTBQWcovLGNLZegqhyyf0kMG-kpj5u7-Oq2AtJW6x8RbphDNXde2yRX_cosGzbpG2DTTz2Nz2q1wwzZhAibuzcaMEUGS5ur/s1600-h/sold_deannawood_pleasedonttell.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpHRLfXhahQlCTHfXTzLPuLOxf1EvzIVLu8UGd1OTBQWcovLGNLZegqhyyf0kMG-kpj5u7-Oq2AtJW6x8RbphDNXde2yRX_cosGzbpG2DTTz2Nz2q1wwzZhAibuzcaMEUGS5ur/s320/sold_deannawood_pleasedonttell.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392904395707709426" border="0" /></a>The original bird piece on the left is also on a wood panel. I had brushed on some clear encaustic medium, and then collaged the birds in (cut out of black paper). I painted the red birds on top using oil paint.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35zRzVAy3xiZGa59jzZdPGnlz65_R1TZXhgYWnvQ446ZImgbBCPYNfyum_q1B_SN0uArb0DZh_ZFVGDlFauUdcf6jnPN_aBTgo8rS4p0u6XQzV3lGomFhNBAqdV3uLB1ug9t_/s1600-h/sold_deannawood_canitellyouasecret.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35zRzVAy3xiZGa59jzZdPGnlz65_R1TZXhgYWnvQ446ZImgbBCPYNfyum_q1B_SN0uArb0DZh_ZFVGDlFauUdcf6jnPN_aBTgo8rS4p0u6XQzV3lGomFhNBAqdV3uLB1ug9t_/s320/sold_deannawood_canitellyouasecret.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392904405822875218" border="0" /></a>The bird piece on the right is similar, but the red birds are drawn on the board with colored pencil, clear medium was added, and then I collaged in the birds cut out of black paper.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Tw039KBOFmXNtxaNquPAc1SKyaxOqXSqJXDZ9d7E_TSkUPx3qqeh3e0O3VoKT8y5LwoaxAs6KaOLfxyF4xbcsyCxVN6q2emGTG0aPXsiNgTcnVfeEH69dJdhzO9GBlzdUtrS/s1600-h/blind2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Tw039KBOFmXNtxaNquPAc1SKyaxOqXSqJXDZ9d7E_TSkUPx3qqeh3e0O3VoKT8y5LwoaxAs6KaOLfxyF4xbcsyCxVN6q2emGTG0aPXsiNgTcnVfeEH69dJdhzO9GBlzdUtrS/s320/blind2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392904408391559266" border="0" /></a>The piece in the center was created while I was in grad school, but luckily I still have it, so I could look at it. I had stretched raw canvas over a board and then wrote using oil pastel and I did a solvent transfer of the telephone pole directly to the canvas and covered it with clear encaustic medium. I think I then carved lines using a needle tool and filled them in with oil paint. Then I covered it with a layer of orange-ish medium. That may not be right, but that's my best guess. It was five years ago, after all!<br /><br />I was a little hesitant to do a transfer of the telephone pole, since the other elements were more hard-edged. So I decided to paint it directly onto the panel using gouache.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoX-5c9kAMWZX_W1sNMDXvzZpWgOeDtPN_9C4X-Cc5JLPjDTvnoDkQg20Ev6Erf6QfGIAL3W8W_H_seKcbbFByMBVfMaithbuelP7o6lK36IIkRJvHbM7KaeytrBCJqVXa-AhC/s1600-h/082509+022.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoX-5c9kAMWZX_W1sNMDXvzZpWgOeDtPN_9C4X-Cc5JLPjDTvnoDkQg20Ev6Erf6QfGIAL3W8W_H_seKcbbFByMBVfMaithbuelP7o6lK36IIkRJvHbM7KaeytrBCJqVXa-AhC/s320/082509+022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392906452147316610" border="0" /></a>Since I hardly ever throw anything away, I still had most of the original imagery that I had used in the original pieces. So I enlarged some copies and used carbon paper to transfer it to the panel. Then I painted it in with black gouache and did the lines using a Sharpie.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiEoFELFOnfZgYEypGXEacFTqtgOQE73GVNLmSNtKYQk52qt3pLxep1p9FlRtu4Aa6B7Qqqc30ccROfpxNLXrdPy62MQcnaSnbpzSrQ3haFSAvWH_SDswLYRiRdbZurFZfYReH/s1600-h/wip_pole_02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiEoFELFOnfZgYEypGXEacFTqtgOQE73GVNLmSNtKYQk52qt3pLxep1p9FlRtu4Aa6B7Qqqc30ccROfpxNLXrdPy62MQcnaSnbpzSrQ3haFSAvWH_SDswLYRiRdbZurFZfYReH/s320/wip_pole_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392907531372586402" border="0" /></a>I did similar things for the other 2 panels with the birds. On one I painted the birds with black gouache and cut out red paper, and the other I painted with red gouache and cut out black paper. I ended up removing some of the cut out birds so each set of birds and trees didn't look exactly the same.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivMnXBHcDpeyy2TTxai3KKS0asC5jESiWXS5SsAx3o5DJdipI3DBX5RYDsF8T1V66-sFwH4_GSIJoLT_FKDCUg-brUpjIzU04N2bn0qRVLW1JBw361BF_zPb1xBfPQIOeZThhd/s1600-h/082509+058.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivMnXBHcDpeyy2TTxai3KKS0asC5jESiWXS5SsAx3o5DJdipI3DBX5RYDsF8T1V66-sFwH4_GSIJoLT_FKDCUg-brUpjIzU04N2bn0qRVLW1JBw361BF_zPb1xBfPQIOeZThhd/s320/082509+058.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392916954546455410" border="0" /></a>So in the photo above, on the left panel, the birds are painted in black gouache and the red is cut paper, and on the right panel, the red is gouache and the black is cut paper. So that's what it looked like before I added any wax.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdli7_FAodmj4OAcfzRrs2q4E1GqW-VJKO1eCj43Kej3zaL_nZsC7KnROVyltb4QMluN6gtDIWaTCSnM1qchM4n3qMTUhFWlp8ww36jKMyRTyH0v2jBxTxNsL1voRI81hauYTS/s1600-h/082509+062.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdli7_FAodmj4OAcfzRrs2q4E1GqW-VJKO1eCj43Kej3zaL_nZsC7KnROVyltb4QMluN6gtDIWaTCSnM1qchM4n3qMTUhFWlp8ww36jKMyRTyH0v2jBxTxNsL1voRI81hauYTS/s320/082509+062.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392917645649333202" border="0" /></a>I found this ginormous hake brush at Jerry's Artarama in Austin. It's helpful to scale up your brushes when you scale up your work. And although these pieces are tall, they're not really terribly much bigger than my other work, so it wasn't too hard to get a nice, even surface on these.<br /><br />I brushed on a few layers of encaustic medium and fused with a heat gun. Then I added the cut paper and collaged it in using some more medium. Here's an image of the pieces with all the wax added.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAnsJxDKu-OjR2HW_jS0-PB91GGWIZ4m_9y3_XsrBhH38yn7xaNNYNm4GFNKFZ2AldgJ5cTidKB88zkxkOhMCbS84gZsGlpOZYm2KDjsknf8XoLfTLt0d9vusk8A6gywQ2lRIT/s1600-h/090409+021.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAnsJxDKu-OjR2HW_jS0-PB91GGWIZ4m_9y3_XsrBhH38yn7xaNNYNm4GFNKFZ2AldgJ5cTidKB88zkxkOhMCbS84gZsGlpOZYm2KDjsknf8XoLfTLt0d9vusk8A6gywQ2lRIT/s320/090409+021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392918689782142594" border="0" /></a>I really like the way it looks here, but I knew that it wasn't exactly what the client had asked for. After conferring with my friend, we agreed that I should make the middle panel look more like the original (more orange-y), so I scored lines into the wax using a needle tool, and added some reddish-orange oil paint, rubbing it into the scored lines and also leaving a little bit of paint on the surface.<br /><br />So here's the final piece:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOj9KEiTTdpykvTpoyKQzyugSeBFdOjKr7-XJl1a_nndB4YIv4Xg-owO2d97Xv80LitpqYvHe8zsm-pEJXf40Wsx_x5KPKJ3xEx6lvnoo97wB1YTJgXWqkhMDfxTbIerhWxyCD/s1600-h/JW4323.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOj9KEiTTdpykvTpoyKQzyugSeBFdOjKr7-XJl1a_nndB4YIv4Xg-owO2d97Xv80LitpqYvHe8zsm-pEJXf40Wsx_x5KPKJ3xEx6lvnoo97wB1YTJgXWqkhMDfxTbIerhWxyCD/s320/JW4323.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392919643039789554" border="0" /></a>I'm really happy with the way it turned out!<br /><br /><b>Update:</b><br />Here's a shot of the piece installed in the spa at the <a href="http://www.jwsanantonio.com/">JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa!</a>:<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpMvchVCTxNioaREHhqJcGhweiCWGBQhDmR8aetlbV00Sk0q61OtK3TIg36AFP6xuUXEKQvjxePR_qX72gCW9undncloaxYQdBdrEdNYpP22e-oVEhElJPnGFIRVTA2BeIzxXP/s1600-h/1-19-10_deanna.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpMvchVCTxNioaREHhqJcGhweiCWGBQhDmR8aetlbV00Sk0q61OtK3TIg36AFP6xuUXEKQvjxePR_qX72gCW9undncloaxYQdBdrEdNYpP22e-oVEhElJPnGFIRVTA2BeIzxXP/s320/1-19-10_deanna.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433497748522254290" /></a></div>Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302872722375370724noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29575922.post-52916127087693561362009-10-14T21:07:00.009-05:002009-10-14T21:47:49.822-05:00CommissionOK, I'm not going to go on and on about what a bad blogger I am...<br /><br />I have been busy, though. I just completed my very first commission! I'm very excited about it. It was a real challenge, but I enjoyed it very much.<br /><br />I got the commission through a friend. She was bidding on a large hotel project and needed more artwork, so she asked her artist friends to submit their work. So I sent her links to my Flickr sets of 3 painting series, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/enchiladaplate/sets/72157603727446807/">Palimpsest</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/enchiladaplate/sets/72157594425309395/">Seeking Shelter</a>, and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/enchiladaplate/sets/72157594530014636/">Waxy Buildup</a>. She included several pieces in her presentation, and they chose 4 pieces.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3QJ_IsX-jhgDdCbMRieDp24-LpOoVfloqnCOEI_TLlZ2DM_hqw602IOkx6KErPvQRnDsNXGV3REQD6fhduRvracpWIVLDH4HA5afwmGh1nDy-9nVpPqCg_NnVUokth5W0eH7/s1600-h/4323.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3QJ_IsX-jhgDdCbMRieDp24-LpOoVfloqnCOEI_TLlZ2DM_hqw602IOkx6KErPvQRnDsNXGV3REQD6fhduRvracpWIVLDH4HA5afwmGh1nDy-9nVpPqCg_NnVUokth5W0eH7/s320/4323.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392645090062698866" border="0" /></a>The first one is actually a triptych made of one of the Seeking Shelter pieces and two of the Palimpsest pieces. An interesting combination that I wouldn't have thought of.<br /><br />The original bird pieces were 20" x 16" and the piece in the middle was 12" x 12". The piece they commissioned is 3 panels measuring 45" x 17".<br /><br />So I needed to recreate this piece in that new size. They don't expect it to be exactly like the original, but similar style, colors, etc.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zbJoipJw4cDMh4LihGvbH0z-lvmcSFi1Jy2JuvTNmfEKdWD-r9a6hgdj6kIIZ8MgHjwkXBdevlCnquiRAwq6BdEfaMjGFZun5zb8Eo5YwUAyfLafTsqLGmuVWlRQH14R0RKy/s1600-h/swirl1and2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zbJoipJw4cDMh4LihGvbH0z-lvmcSFi1Jy2JuvTNmfEKdWD-r9a6hgdj6kIIZ8MgHjwkXBdevlCnquiRAwq6BdEfaMjGFZun5zb8Eo5YwUAyfLafTsqLGmuVWlRQH14R0RKy/s320/swirl1and2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392648760293197522" border="0" /></a>The second piece was originally 12" x 24" (actually two 12" x 12" panels) and they wanted it reproduced 48" x 66". I ended up doing it on two 48" x 33" panels, since it had been a diptych to begin with.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJdLd0KfK9YOg0mGi-sKPopACWj09Gq1LdeKTdOz4BW0Id0G_O5g6XC5ZEzn3KPwiqr2_um8tLxsMpL8dRAXayM5JD-RqEpr7wJ3uYH-clyT3SFmYs6OiTtfrkO14Krc9qXhQ/s1600-h/connection.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJdLd0KfK9YOg0mGi-sKPopACWj09Gq1LdeKTdOz4BW0Id0G_O5g6XC5ZEzn3KPwiqr2_um8tLxsMpL8dRAXayM5JD-RqEpr7wJ3uYH-clyT3SFmYs6OiTtfrkO14Krc9qXhQ/s320/connection.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392649349689275778" border="0" /></a>The third was originally 12" x 12" and they wanted it 43" x 43"!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnQCorZcelbd6mCY-IuGbSkvBsMmUW6AzaomvOZlIQtDScRkhvjn5un76axd96qjs4O1lDrmG8WlXUdkPavb299IJeXeWhEun0Vc4__wiql-ufcQJh_cOwsBtBUlsPTSNMlonz/s1600-h/boundary.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnQCorZcelbd6mCY-IuGbSkvBsMmUW6AzaomvOZlIQtDScRkhvjn5un76axd96qjs4O1lDrmG8WlXUdkPavb299IJeXeWhEun0Vc4__wiql-ufcQJh_cOwsBtBUlsPTSNMlonz/s320/boundary.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392649800748475106" border="0" /></a>And the last was also originally a 12" x 12" and they commissioned it at 31" x 41".<br /><br />All of the pieces are encaustic. And if you've ever done large-scale encaustic painting, you know what a challenge it is. I'd never done anything this large before. And I'd also never tried to reproduce my paintings before. So it was quite a challenge!<br /><br />Some specific challenges:<br />-Many of these pieces were created 4 or 5 years ago, and I don't have them any more, and I barely remember how I made them. I can now really appreciate those crazy, anal-retentive artists who make copious notes about their colors and processes!<br /><br />-I used a lot of collage elements that are difficult to scale up to a larger size - maps, transfers, cut paper, etc. Also, one piece has a lot of scraping on it. It was 12" x 12" and the marks are made by a regular sized paint scraper. Hard to reproduce that affect on a 43" x 43" piece!<br /><br />-I find it really difficult to get a smooth surface with encaustic at such a large size.<br /><br />I'll go into more detail in future posts about each piece and show lots of work in progress shots. So stay tuned!Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302872722375370724noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29575922.post-73016630903319528962009-07-07T00:48:00.005-05:002009-07-14T21:16:38.078-05:00Summer Object ChallengeI joined a <a href="http://beeswaxteam.com/">Bee Team</a> project called the Summer Object Challenge. Those who signed up were paired with a partner who sent them an object to use in an encaustic piece.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.melissa-hronkin.blogspot.com/">Melissa Hronkin</a> sent me a lovely little red doily and some contact sheets from someone's wedding photos, probably from the 50's. This is what I was inspired to create:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpftQsC2De9VEZIdJ36GLKXJxjkaHky-6pUbVjnN5CxRrZrqCa8Oaq8Ir7dJihsw16fW3NajAJScMMlNDi9TsnNYqL8np7IzUgec0_2oCoGQ4Y7ee_oMUasKWuzIz2g5jOZSeC/s1600-h/to_have_to_hold_300.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpftQsC2De9VEZIdJ36GLKXJxjkaHky-6pUbVjnN5CxRrZrqCa8Oaq8Ir7dJihsw16fW3NajAJScMMlNDi9TsnNYqL8np7IzUgec0_2oCoGQ4Y7ee_oMUasKWuzIz2g5jOZSeC/s320/to_have_to_hold_300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355591404626380034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >To Have, To Hold<br />collage, foil transfer, and encaustic<br />12" x 12"<br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFucU1f9UZbfcSyAWkZTZo97iWi8uMSTy6-sA5Zl8VaugXsQynqSgXykp6kKtvGktPR-2FZb2qTn0ub2YN7x_zTdDhCOXVe9FuZhftvyInHvqXp0bnu2LBom9wsAeG-pRkdGrb/s1600-h/to_have_to_hold_detail01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFucU1f9UZbfcSyAWkZTZo97iWi8uMSTy6-sA5Zl8VaugXsQynqSgXykp6kKtvGktPR-2FZb2qTn0ub2YN7x_zTdDhCOXVe9FuZhftvyInHvqXp0bnu2LBom9wsAeG-pRkdGrb/s320/to_have_to_hold_detail01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355591397179476210" border="0" /></a>I couldn't bring myself to mess up the contact sheets, so I made copies and glued them to the board. Then I covered the board with clear medium and embedded the doily in the wax. Then I used some gold embossing foil (that a student gave me) - writing on it to transfer the foil to the wax.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit5v7DgdhZiyPGgHkDOyQbXh8c8Q9iXO1OmBtmM5JRDmv-XXkaLGf58zN5h7_aZe3fcsZEMh9rqSPHNvAX-8EYYDt8-zS1jz7tKDfjZqh5pyojfvTQ858On9jZTp37p4Ae3Muq/s1600-h/to_have_to_hold_detail02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit5v7DgdhZiyPGgHkDOyQbXh8c8Q9iXO1OmBtmM5JRDmv-XXkaLGf58zN5h7_aZe3fcsZEMh9rqSPHNvAX-8EYYDt8-zS1jz7tKDfjZqh5pyojfvTQ858On9jZTp37p4Ae3Muq/s320/to_have_to_hold_detail02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355591392896401026" border="0" /></a>detail of the doily<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8lrYs69zSBY1LS9_72GTzNVDD92J8Y6evan2-fTY3vjb_1l7tB3ih2YtazbH8QOuN4JetjFaGuSNwBZfsdtkR-EwtHuC9S8yDkDcQNctMZQjWn9UjaPBnmmAzeNLwOi6anLa/s1600-h/dw.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8lrYs69zSBY1LS9_72GTzNVDD92J8Y6evan2-fTY3vjb_1l7tB3ih2YtazbH8QOuN4JetjFaGuSNwBZfsdtkR-EwtHuC9S8yDkDcQNctMZQjWn9UjaPBnmmAzeNLwOi6anLa/s320/dw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355592948539982114" border="0" /></a>Oh, and there's me!<br /></div>Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302872722375370724noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29575922.post-37427064248768209072009-04-15T23:13:00.004-05:002009-04-15T23:28:27.842-05:00The Encaustic Center<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Bk6hGYafuYiaxpCHtEZRz6na5NJWDwEo5lPGJYjQVDMYpQg8mgxvkcoigycY9Cf4FpLtqyA4Nlm11D_rQskIebdhiWyxQsQN1zxFEaR5F35QPvuyHIiIDMvkmDYYyoY2msH8/s1600-h/tec_logo_03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Bk6hGYafuYiaxpCHtEZRz6na5NJWDwEo5lPGJYjQVDMYpQg8mgxvkcoigycY9Cf4FpLtqyA4Nlm11D_rQskIebdhiWyxQsQN1zxFEaR5F35QPvuyHIiIDMvkmDYYyoY2msH8/s320/tec_logo_03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325138309233941474" border="0" /></a><br /><div> <div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span>Deanna Wood</span></span><span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bonny Leibowitz</span> are proud to announce the opening of <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Encaustic Center</span><span> in Richardson, Texas.</span> Our focus is sharing the beautiful art of painting with wax in all of its various forms.</span></div> <div> <div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span><br />The Encaustic Center</span></span><span> offers beginner and intermediate workshops and studio workdays along with special events such as demonstrations, exhibitions, guest artists, supplies and our big Grand Opening May 15th!<br /><br />Check out our <a href="http://theencausticcenter.com/">website </a>to see more information on classes and events going on at the center.<br /><br />If you're in the area, I hope you can make it to the Grand Opening on May 15, 7-10 pm. There will be artists from <a href="http://texaswaxdallas.blogspot.com/">TexasWAX/Dallas</a> doing encaustic demos, music, and more.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Workshop schedule:</span><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">$100 (includes all materials)<br />April:</span><br />Thursday, April 30 - 9:30 am to 3:30 pm - beginner workshop with <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 153);">Deanna</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May:</span><br /><div><span>Saturday, May 2, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm - beginner workshop with <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Bonny</span></span></div> <div><span>Saturday, May 23, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm - intermediate workshop with <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 153);">Deanna </span></span></div> <div> <div><span>Thursday, May 28, 9:30 am to 3:30 pm - beginner workshop with <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 153);">Deanna</span></span></div></div><br /><span>See Deanna's work at <a href="http://deannawood.com/">www.deannawood.com</a><br />See Bonny's work at <a href="http://www.bonnyleibowitz.com/Artist.asp?ArtistID=19121&Akey=XHT23RHR">www.bonnyleibowitz.com</a><br /></span></div></div></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Encaustic Center</span><br />580 W. Arapaho #271<br />Richardson, Texas 75080<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Richardson+&state=TX&address=580+W.+Arapaho+Rd&zipcode=75080">directions</a><br /><br /><a href="http://theencausticcenter.com/">www.theencausticcenter.com</a>Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302872722375370724noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29575922.post-76988780835753775052009-03-01T15:21:00.004-06:002009-03-01T15:39:25.666-06:00Connection(a version of this is also posted on <a href="http://make28.ning.com/profiles/blogs/connection-1">Make28</a>)<br /><br />During yoga class the other day, my teacher was talking about the theme for the week - finding the extraordinary in the ordinary. She said something about "connection," and that stuck with me. During the rest of the class, I thought about the concept of connection as it relates to <a href="http://make28.ning.com/">Make28</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://make28.ning.com/">Make28</a> is a project that was dreamed up by my online friend, <a href="http://www.consumatron.net/">Consumatron</a>. He set a goal for himself to create a video every day in February, and he challenged everyone to join him by making something every day as well. So a few of us joined in and have also been making stuff - food, paintings, videos, drawings, journeys, enemies, music...<br /><br />This project has created many connections, the most obvious being the connections we made with each other. I've really enjoyed seeing what everyone's made, how they interpreted the concept of "making," and glimpsing a little bit of everyone's creative processes. I love to see how other people work, create, and solve problems, even in different disciplines.<br /><br />In <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0874778050/ericmaiseshome-20">Fearless Creating</a>, <a href="http://ericmaisel.com/">Eric Maisel</a> mentions the importance of getting together with other artists. "If you are a novelist, when do you meet with painters, dancers, musicians, and filmmakers to talk about your mutual concerns? When do you meet to discuss selling art, managing depression, or surviving as a truthful witness in America? My estimate would be never. This is really too bad. ...you will surely suffocate if you live in a vacuum."<br /><br />I think projects like <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0874778050/ericmaiseshome-20">Make28</a> can be an important part of a creative life, creating connections with others working on different things, but with the same goal.<br /><br />During these 28 days, I've also made some less obvious connections. Just the act of sitting down and making something every day has helped me to connect more with my creativity. Even if what I made wasn't that great or if it's not related to bigger things I'm doing, I know that what I'm making now will inform something else that I make in the future.<br /><br />Here's a collection of the things that I made during February:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ__n4LiusJLvgi8AAebyZnnRBvprxzt79-EQO_If9R5mGLWLkKi_HHp8Lg-HBjIlLUbUm4w15G85943rMS_WUIWJAN2MUJ7aq8zjsN4tsdR0AfMY4OvqT50O5cDnON3CyJcuS/s1600-h/make28_complete.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ__n4LiusJLvgi8AAebyZnnRBvprxzt79-EQO_If9R5mGLWLkKi_HHp8Lg-HBjIlLUbUm4w15G85943rMS_WUIWJAN2MUJ7aq8zjsN4tsdR0AfMY4OvqT50O5cDnON3CyJcuS/s320/make28_complete.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308333045972337042" border="0" /></a>You can see more in my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/enchiladaplate/sets/72157613298162920/">Flickr set</a>. And the whole <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/987970@N24/pool/">Make28 Flickr pool</a>.<br /><br />How do you make creative connections?<br /><br />Oh, and <a href="http://make28.ning.com/">Make28</a> will continue, so feel free to join in!Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302872722375370724noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29575922.post-36563069696327641012009-02-23T10:04:00.005-06:002009-02-23T10:15:06.941-06:00CreativityBeing part of the <a href="http://make28.ning.com/">Make28</a> creativity challenge, has made me focus on making something every day. And that's got me thinking about creativity and all its forms.<br /><br />So I've been extra sensitive to information about creativity and of course, I start seeing it everywhere, or at least I start paying attention.<br /><br />I thought I'd share a couple of videos with you. They've been making the rounds, but perhaps you haven't seen them yet.<br /><br />This is from Atlanta based editorial photographer, <a href="http://www.zarias.com/">Zack Arias</a>:<br /><embed src="http://blip.tv/play/Ae3JCY2mWA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="1280" height="750"></embed><br /><br />And this is a <a href="http://www.ted.com/">TED </a>talk by Elizabeth Gilbert:<br /><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/86x-u-tz0MA&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/86x-u-tz0MA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br /><br />I'll be posting more soon.Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302872722375370724noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29575922.post-40613188945755223302009-02-14T18:15:00.003-06:002009-02-14T18:18:14.470-06:00Happy Valentine's Day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaBWznxwe_jUswKiQg_uXGGtdbEotgVikLKnnWPyHt_orX1bdfuSLhrUXvWJAfSZem9v-hzR4EumC6XJBSY1Ny9URCFTy6Su8qQcr2GNlnoQ_x4SzcS8S94GkvL8zPPn41zYFS/s1600-h/021309+012.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaBWznxwe_jUswKiQg_uXGGtdbEotgVikLKnnWPyHt_orX1bdfuSLhrUXvWJAfSZem9v-hzR4EumC6XJBSY1Ny9URCFTy6Su8qQcr2GNlnoQ_x4SzcS8S94GkvL8zPPn41zYFS/s320/021309+012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302811493070768546" border="0" /></a><br />Make something!<br />make28.comDeannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302872722375370724noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29575922.post-22220688424949760182009-02-06T22:18:00.003-06:002009-02-06T22:53:39.198-06:00Make 28One of my online friends, <a href="http://www.consumatron.net/">Consumatron</a>, has started a "make something every day" challenge for February, called Make 28:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xBifChvWbA0&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xBifChvWbA0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />So watch the video for inspiration and then make something. Anything. And then send him a link to what you make. Go to <a href="http://www.consumatron.net/">consumatron.net</a> and leave a link in the comments. Send him an email at consumatron at gmail.com. Or follow him on <a href="http://twitter.com/consumatron">Twitter</a>.<br /><br />Here's a preview of what I've been making so far:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYv9K4LSHf8-g6gbLEoriVrV883TFVIhwHgzI2jZsupVFsUhCZ-tBd-8pNTirDo1rYcjvycsvkA-mYobqrQuRN2Lv_S-QiCfuNQvMOuu-IXQv5rw7wCAPXESo4NEplk4u0QSlH/s1600-h/make28sofar020609.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYv9K4LSHf8-g6gbLEoriVrV883TFVIhwHgzI2jZsupVFsUhCZ-tBd-8pNTirDo1rYcjvycsvkA-mYobqrQuRN2Lv_S-QiCfuNQvMOuu-IXQv5rw7wCAPXESo4NEplk4u0QSlH/s320/make28sofar020609.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299913755117103010" border="0" /></a><br />You can see more on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/enchiladaplate/sets/72157613298162920/">Flickr</a>.<br /><br />So what are you going to make?Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302872722375370724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29575922.post-13507254956152726222009-02-04T13:18:00.003-06:002009-02-04T13:28:13.547-06:00Whine of the WeekI've been unmotivated and even more prone to procrastination lately. I've been complaining about it and moping around and procrastinating even more. But of course I know what I need to do. <br /><br />I guess it always goes back to fear - fear of failure - fear of looking stupid. I always let my perfectionist tendencies get the best of me. I want things to be right, and if something can't be perfect, then I tend not to do it at all.<br /><br />Blah blah blah...<br /><br />So I'm hoping that maybe posting about it will help snap me out of it!Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302872722375370724noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29575922.post-5610964537795485952009-01-20T19:52:00.006-06:002009-01-20T20:05:55.227-06:00Exhibit in Oklahoma!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tGiGynvhhWlJBOJW5aODDjmWqoQeigx2D5ZLUHUyeJPHnA-HM4bwoiABKSf1YsddawVlF6igDGu-FyrR8LNMMEIXs8324c96o_wh9OuuxhKdEPdL4iA6TfXFXIwv3t6khMLK/s1600-h/011209+001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tGiGynvhhWlJBOJW5aODDjmWqoQeigx2D5ZLUHUyeJPHnA-HM4bwoiABKSf1YsddawVlF6igDGu-FyrR8LNMMEIXs8324c96o_wh9OuuxhKdEPdL4iA6TfXFXIwv3t6khMLK/s320/011209+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293559731108942194" border="0" /></a>reception at the Leslie Powell Foundation Gallery, January 10, 2009</span><br /></div><br />I can't believe I forgot to post this!<br /><br />My solo exhibit, Seeking Shelter, is on display at the <a href="http://www.lpgallery.org/">Leslie Powell Foundation and Gallery</a> in Lawton Oklahoma until February 28, 2009.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6VAoNK-IZEwsg3gkUxrq6TzNR2RlBNo59f54F0fGt3_uiSleHMbUc6HRaENgmTovm9o8_jC8mdEQfCzwlz6Wvdj8S8IIRIwRMlw6EYy67KMXsAqJbtsrYHXzY4b5JSGt5n3-/s1600-h/011209+018.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6VAoNK-IZEwsg3gkUxrq6TzNR2RlBNo59f54F0fGt3_uiSleHMbUc6HRaENgmTovm9o8_jC8mdEQfCzwlz6Wvdj8S8IIRIwRMlw6EYy67KMXsAqJbtsrYHXzY4b5JSGt5n3-/s320/011209+018.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293560283688823026" border="0" /></a>It's probably the last time I'll exhibit this work all together in this form. I still want to continue this series, but I don't know that I'll actively pursue exhibitions with it any more. It's already been in several venues across the country - Kansas, Georgia, Iowa, Nevada, and 2 venues in Oklahoma.<br /><br />As you can see from the first photo, I installed a miniature version of my hanging spiral tornado. The full version includes almost 200 small tornadoes. This one only has about 30.<br /><br />If you're near Lawton, please stop by and check it out!Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302872722375370724noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29575922.post-73352496661157452312008-12-26T17:26:00.002-06:002008-12-26T17:33:29.495-06:00Gift Exchange<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxyHhGrdi9ALCICVFSyoyiyTyLHYdCWW4UD421A9LxW9-_-2ehHBSV2Qnm99mKIxflNVg78jvByARQCLkA7lKSkvc6YjLK6dYzm3ahR08PjI44A5A4J0fY1DLyZDUJsK1mfljY/s1600-h/supria-ptg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxyHhGrdi9ALCICVFSyoyiyTyLHYdCWW4UD421A9LxW9-_-2ehHBSV2Qnm99mKIxflNVg78jvByARQCLkA7lKSkvc6YjLK6dYzm3ahR08PjI44A5A4J0fY1DLyZDUJsK1mfljY/s320/supria-ptg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284244447623209922" border="0" /></a>I'm a member of the <a href="http://beeswaxteam.com/">Bee Team</a>, which is a group of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/">Etsy </a>sellers who use encaustic in their art. We had a group gift exchange this year, and you can see the gift above that I received from Supria at <a href="http://supriasdesigns-encausticmusings.blogspot.com/">Supria's Designs</a>. It's a beautiful encaustic and collage painting titled Madame Butterfly.<br /><br />Thanks Supria! I love it.<br /><br />Thanks so much to all the Bee Team members, and especially to Pam for organizing the exchange.Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302872722375370724noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29575922.post-82765084109544895562008-12-04T10:25:00.007-06:002008-12-04T11:09:33.203-06:00Oh yeah, I have work in some shows...<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4VH3vmtqgsWFR4NU9XbcMzz1P2Mwa5lc9c9LRAl11a9Y5KRAe6MW7R6kDdKC4UIZvGz3ddjHayziUKeZjP7EenwghpPTw8JLdG2ZbJ_DoAqp904T288o5Q6j1fKQp3BSYpWK1/s1600-h/subdivision.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4VH3vmtqgsWFR4NU9XbcMzz1P2Mwa5lc9c9LRAl11a9Y5KRAe6MW7R6kDdKC4UIZvGz3ddjHayziUKeZjP7EenwghpPTw8JLdG2ZbJ_DoAqp904T288o5Q6j1fKQp3BSYpWK1/s320/subdivision.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275972789428339906" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Subdivision - encaustic and oil on panel, 12" x 12"<br /></span></div>My work is part of a group show, <a href="http://www.olsonlarsen.com/featuredworks.cfm?exhibitid=99">Shelter</a>, at Olson-Larsen Galleries in West Des Moines, Iowa.<br /><br />The show runs until January 3, 2009.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLq6bXMcBnEEoWVUtrh6We-FvwhkakC69uahAS154c7SvCSc2eXeu4wESdgZAHrenxqMhQ07JamTw-sj3Gj99ExcsBkjTBusB50xoxG1R8CNoiVqKr2MEmtgTWyaW7vKuH43i0/s1600-h/deannawood_livingwood_detail_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLq6bXMcBnEEoWVUtrh6We-FvwhkakC69uahAS154c7SvCSc2eXeu4wESdgZAHrenxqMhQ07JamTw-sj3Gj99ExcsBkjTBusB50xoxG1R8CNoiVqKr2MEmtgTWyaW7vKuH43i0/s320/deannawood_livingwood_detail_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275973776892323362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >The Living Wood - altered book</span><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span>I also have 2 artist's books in a juried book show, <a href="http://www.cla.purdue.edu/ad/rueffgalleries/">Dog-Eared: Revealing the Contents of Artist's Books at Purdue University</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioLRI5sohtCuDdCoJkgVzycbLiwtj7e38Rsj740tQZrNm9J11g4L35BmoBjRpg5kXOAYEaapacHd4Hmqj-PZOT1ZdAhGe2Ma5AxFcm9kN5OMVRuFs6uzgBrVs2LXWzAxfGn4QD/s1600-h/F3Languish.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioLRI5sohtCuDdCoJkgVzycbLiwtj7e38Rsj740tQZrNm9J11g4L35BmoBjRpg5kXOAYEaapacHd4Hmqj-PZOT1ZdAhGe2Ma5AxFcm9kN5OMVRuFs6uzgBrVs2LXWzAxfGn4QD/s320/F3Languish.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275978194142756562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >F3, Languish - collage, oil pastel, solvent transfer, encaustic and oil on panel, two 12" x 12" panels</span><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span>Upcoming:<br />My solo exhibit, Seeking Shelter will be on display at the <a href="http://www.lpgallery.org/">Leslie Powell Foundation Gallery</a> in Lawton, Oklahoma starting January 10, 2009.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ5dENBFjs9UXQMHEDdpRyBifThPAKQ6F_1hlnPeLCjrxn61zKggnl5f5U_jA3jZK-EZ3lIzmSToheXSAJONYfh9isaAMN2vzwqM4XplUu6FUGRHmJhHLfCtrQgagjkjq6TUnn/s1600-h/twitter_logo_s.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 175px; height: 41px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ5dENBFjs9UXQMHEDdpRyBifThPAKQ6F_1hlnPeLCjrxn61zKggnl5f5U_jA3jZK-EZ3lIzmSToheXSAJONYfh9isaAMN2vzwqM4XplUu6FUGRHmJhHLfCtrQgagjkjq6TUnn/s320/twitter_logo_s.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275981959836528130" border="0" /></a>Also:<br />You can follow me on Twitter now:<br /><a href="http://twitter.com/deannawood">http://twitter.com/deannawood</a><br /><br />I've actually been Twittering for quite a while now, but I set up a new public Twitter persona that is strictly art-related. I won't tweet about my cats or swear like my evil Twitter twin does.Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302872722375370724noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29575922.post-82305779614997225902008-11-11T09:22:00.004-06:002008-11-11T10:37:41.389-06:00Finding a BalanceI've been conflicted recently about where to show my artwork.<br /><br />Part of me knows that I need to just get it out there and let people see it, regardless of the venue. But then I have this other part of me (I call it the art snob) that only wants my work to be in respectable places, like commercial galleries and art centers.<br /><br />My friend <a href="http://web.mac.com/junannepeck/Junanne_Peck/PECK_.html">Junanne </a>says that she doesn't care where her art is - she says she'll hang it on a fence as long as people will see it.<br /><br />So I guess I want to be somewhere in between. In the past I've shown my work in places that I wouldn't necessarily put on my resume, just to get it out there. I think I need to continue. You just never know who will see it.<br /><br />How do you decide where to show your work?Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302872722375370724noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29575922.post-86208813228470679352008-11-02T11:40:00.003-06:002009-01-20T20:25:14.681-06:00Staying PositiveDespite the downturn in the economy, I've actually had my best year yet as an artist, so it's not too hard for me to stay positive.<br /><br />But if you're overwhelmed with all the bad news on the financial front, watch <a href="http://www.1automationwiz.com/app/?af=899474">Alyson's Stanfield's</a> inspirational video:<br /><br /><span class="style2"> <object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/e9Q-3lH0eIQ"> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/e9Q-3lH0eIQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed> </object></span><em><br /></em><br />Speaking of practicing gratitude - thanks <a href="http://www.1automationwiz.com/app/?af=899474">Alyson</a>, for all the support and encouragement that you give to artists!Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302872722375370724noreply@blogger.com2